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To: Cogito who wrote (58671)	4/11/2008 4:11:50 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544045

If the majority of the people in a survey say that they either support something or are undecided Getting a strong majority when you add in the undecideds doesn't tell you that you actually have a lot of support. I think people in this country have been fed a lot of negative propaganda about "socialized medicine" and thus many have formed a very negative opinion of it. To the extent that this is true, Karen is right.

To: Cogito who wrote (58671)	4/11/2008 4:20:12 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544045

I don't see how you can definitively say they want no part of it. >>A plurality (45%) of Democrats favor offering free health care to all even if it required making everyone with insurance to switch. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats oppose such a plan. However, Republicans oppose it by a 70% to 18% margin. Those not affiliated with either major party are opposed by a 46% to 28% margin.<< If you can't get a majority of Dems to support it, I don't see much hope. Give them a concrete proposal to consider, and you might get a different result Sure. It's always easier to form an opinion what there's something specific on the table. I think people in this country have been fed a lot of negative propaganda about "socialized medicine" and thus many have formed a very negative opinion of it. Indeed. But people have also been fed a lot of sob anecdotes and also accolades about Europe and Canada and thus may have formed a very positive opinion of it. Hard to anticipate how all that might wash out. particularly if that proposal retains personal choice about medical care I've already offered up a plan that does that. Expand Medicaid for those who can't afford insurance or can't get it and let everyone else keep what they have. I think that's salable despite its cost. It's very consistent with the American standard of giving.