Most Doctors Support National Health Insurance,,,,, Updated

[RedEarth]

by DrSteveB
DailyKos
Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 01:54:14 PM PDT

I have always wanted to do a “Breaking” headline. Well this is from a press release embargoed until just now on an article in the professional peer reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine (aka: the green journal; it’s generally considered the 3rd most prestigious American medical journal). It reports on a methodologically valid survey of American doctors.

The survey, conducted last year of 2,193 physicians across the United States, showed 59% “support government legislation to establish national health insurance,” while 32% oppose & 9% are neutral. That’s a solid majority of American doctors, and up 10% from 49% in 2002 when a similar study was last done. We have all gotten pretty sick of the insurance companies!

So, yeah for us docs, for getting it! Now if only the Dems running for president were as progressive! Fortunately there is HR-676 in Congress.

UPDATE: For those who want the full original journal article, methods, etc. the full text of the article just went online here: http://www.pnhp.org/docsurvey/annals_physician_support.pdf

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/april/most_doctors_support.php

[area51]

1. Kick.

We need single-payer.