POLL: Who Favors the Senate Bill? Who Favors the House Bill?

[ShamelessHussy]

Just curious where DU is on these two bills.

Put me down for the House version. (though I'd pull the anti-women language in there)

You can just put house or senate in the title of your reply, but feel free to elaborate.

:hi:

On Edit: I changed the title to 'favor' from 'support' in the hopes of reducing the 'neither' (cop out) response, as I would like to see which one is preferred of the two. I actually prefer a single payer system like all other developed countries have but since that isn't in any of the bills, I like the house bill better than the senate version since it has a public option at least.

[HuckleB]

1. House.

[ixion]

2. neither

[DJ13]

3. Neither

[laughingliberal]

4. Neither is great but House is better than Senate. nt

[ShamelessHussy]

12. thank you for that response as that is what I was trying to get at, a preference of those 2 options

I actually prefer a single payer system like all other developed countries have.

:hi:

[HuckleB]

14. Unfortunately, many at DU prefer to remain in their ivory towers.

Thus, you have received some BS answers to your very obvious question. In fact, it appears that the majority of respondents are incapable of separating any part of their emotional selves from the discussion.

[ShamelessHussy]

20. yeah, I see the 'neither' answer as kind of a cop-out

in this poll anyways, since this isn't an actual vote for either, just which one you prefer of the 2.

:hi:

[femmocrat]

18. My answer as well.

Although I thought the Senate "compromise" of offering Medicare to 55-yr. olds was OK for the 5 minutes that it lasted.

And I totally do NOT support the Stupak-Pitts amendment.

[regnaD kciN]

5. House, except for the Senate's mandate-exemption level...

...although I would be more satisfied with passing the Senate bill as written, if we were then to get a narrow second bill, establishing a public option, to be passed through reconciliation.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Poll should ask, who has read either bill?

:rofl:

I've found that most haven't read shit.
That's what makes this poll funny.

[ShamelessHussy]

15. it doesn't matter if you have read the whole bill or not, you can still have an opinion

reading the whole bill is the job of lawmakers and the media, though it is sad when you considered how many/few of them actually read them, but certainly not funny.

[ibegurpard]

24. yeah, like you've read the entire thing in the two days since they passed it

get over yourself

[liberal_at_heart]

7. neither

[thotzRthingz]

8. k&r house version for me... cost-containment (public option) is a MUST (I'd also drop "abortion"

wording). It is a woman's RIGHT to decide her own issues, and I think sound medical advice to be part of the process... but in no way do I think anyone else should have a say in such matters.

*IF* we are to consider the UNBORN (at any stage of pregnancy) as a "person". Then we need to change a whole lot of things. For example: INSURANCE policies should PAY OUT for any "unborn child" that does not survive (just as they do for the BORN/living child). Social Security Numbers should be issued at the moment of "conception". WILLs and all other legal documents must treat the UNBORN as if they were BORN/living.

Radical? Not any more so than those who would have me believe that the UNBORN should have the same rights & privileges as the BORN/living. SO, in closing... everyone else should simply BUTT OUT of a woman's right to choose!

[Fearless]

9. I support a true single payer system for everyone...

Anything else and those who vote for it will never see my vote or my money again.

[liberal_at_heart]

10. +1

[ibegurpard]

23. same here...public option was my compromise

the senate version is complete shit

[elifino]

11. Neither

[Bluebear]

13. Nothing without public option, nothing with restrictive women's choice language.

Period.

[iris27]

16. +1 n/t

[Myrina]

17. Neither

n/t

[doc03]

19. Neither, but the House version sounds best n/t

[TheKentuckian]

21. The House actually sends a message that there is some actual intent to regulate

by ending the anti-trust exemption.

[quiller4]

22. Prefer the Senate option. The public option in the house bill doomed to fail

The Senate bill has provision for states to set up public option and that language mirrors the language from the Canadian parliament bill that began Canada's single payer experiment in Saskatchewan

[ShamelessHussy]

25. i am not asking about the politics, but which you prefer, and it sounds like you prefer the house

since you are in favor of the public option, right?

[Kaleva]

26. House version.

[Kalun D]

27. Neither

sometimes something is worse than nothing

[Digit]

28. Neither