So "YES" or "NO" - do you support the HCR bill that was just passed by the house

[LynneSin]

I'm curious to see where DU stands.

You don't have to start a flame war here - we have 20 threads for that already. Just vote.

If you are so inclined to share your vote then do so.

There is no middle ground - either you do or your don't support it.

[MercutioATC]

1. I DO support real health care reform...this bill just isn't it.

Your poll choices don't match your question.

[LynneSin]

4. HCR bill that was just passed by the house

it's pretty basic - either you support it or you don't. Not talking about what you wanted in the bill, what could come down the pipe line.

it's an easy question - try not to read too much into it.

[MercutioATC]

9. Then your choices should have read "I support this bill" and "I do not support this bill".

It's entirely possible to support "HCR" and not support this bill.

[LynneSin]

11. Oh pul-lease

seriously, what the hell is with this nitpicking - either you support it or you don't

but whatever

[MercutioATC]

12. Frankly, it's a push poll.

If you don't think that's a big deal, that's fine.

[Faryn Balyncd]

24. This bill is not "reform"

"If Barack Obama’s bill gets changed to exclude the public entities, it is not health insurance reform…it rises and falls on whether the public is allowed to choose Medicare if they’re under 65 or not. If they are allowed to choose Medicare as an option, this bill will be real health care reform...."

- Howard Dean








And, yes, your wording is a push poll.


And, what the hell is it with your "Oh pul-lease..." ?

[stray cat]

5. In other words - No

[MercutioATC]

10. In other words - the OP posted an intellectually dishonest poll.

Yes, I support HCR.

No, I do not support this bill.

[Better Believe It]

23. Ditto

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I'm saying yes because I find it a little less horrible than the senate one. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I support the bill and I think this is a significant victory.

It's not everything, but it's a start.

[SPedigrees]

6. +1000. nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Your question does not match your poll.

I support health care reform. I do not support health insurance industry giveaways.

Unless the bill 1) offers a public option - the stronger the better; and 2) subsidizes ONLY not-for-profit insurance, then this is NOT health care reform.

[ramapo]

8. Absolutely

I am ecstatic. Is this what I wanted? Not by a long shot. But it is infinitely better than the alternative, which was nothing.

[JBoy]

13. I support the bill, but will not vote in your poll. The choices are misleading.

[LynneSin]

15. Yes because I'm tracking the answers and sending them to the HCR police to have your butt hauled in

:eyes:

It's a DU poll not rocket science.

I find it odd that those who support the bill recognize this as another fluffy little poll and those who vote no are pretty much the type of anal retentive people who would rather leave the system AS IS in hopes that one day we could have the ideal congress pass something that might almost make them happy.

Whatever, get over it

[JBoy]

22. Unfortunately the wording of your choices forces people who don't support the bill to answer

"No, I do not support Health Care Reform".

[LynneSin]

25. Whatever

I don't think you'd support anything the dems do because for some of you anti-HCR folks - if it's not perfect you'd rather have failure. You'd rather let people keep suffering then to provide some help. The "All or Nothing" attitude doesn't work. Look around - there are at least a dozen threads started by folks who either themselves or a loved one will benefit immediately from these changes.

[Richardo]

14. I think I'll like the reconciled bill better.

But this one's a good start.

[Fire1]

16. Yes I do! And ALL that teabagging SHIT was for NOTHIN!!! n/t

[Bucky]

17. It's a decent start. It brings up about to where most the industrialized world was in 1960.

I'm proud to say that my president has led our country from being 80 years behind the times up to only 50 years behind the times.

[Bluerthanblue]

18. yes, I do-

:hi:

[Dappleganger]

19. I support the bill but know that it's just a first step.

And I am not going to stop demanding that we get a PO!

[gorfle]

20. I voted no, but let me be clear.

I do not support the HCR bill that was passed by the house.

Your poll asked if we just support HCR.

I support health care reform. I do not support what was just passed in the name of health care reform.

[NJmaverick]

21. I not only support the bill I celebrate its historic significance

and how many people it will help

[Change Happens]

26. HELL YES!

[Faryn Balyncd]

27. Why can't you learn how to write an unbiased question?

[LynneSin]

31. Why can't you realize this isn't the NYTimes or Washington Post

and that DU polls have about as much value in life as a wooden nickel?

[MercutioATC]

34. THAT'S your rationale for posting a deceptive poll?

"It's just DU, so it doesn't matter".

:wtf:

[LynneSin]

38. Yes you got me, I sat around all day wondering "What could I do that'll be sneaky"

You read to much into it

And you know what's funny - I might have changed it if it wasn't for the anal retentive. But then again this is the same group that holds their breath waiting for the perfect congress & perfect president to pass the perfect health care reform. Might as well wait until all the planets in all the universes are aligned. They would rather let millions suffer waiting for some form of health care just to please their egos

Get over it.

[MercutioATC]

39. I don't see it as "sneaky", just sloppy.

...and that's true regardless of whether I support this bill or not.

[LynneSin]

42. Welcome to DU

:eyes:

[Vinca]

28. I support health CARE reform, not health INSURANCE reform.

Is that bill going to come up anytime soon?

[Tippy]

29. Yes I support this bill, and will work to help it become even better...

[LWolf]

30. No. I support health care reform. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

32. Yes, it will save lives and is a first step even thought I am a single payer guy

covering 32 million more people is a good thing

[frylock]

33. no, i don't support health insurance reform..

and yes, this poll is worded poorly, and you know that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. I support Health Care Reform, but there wasn't a vote on that yesterday.

Push poll.

[guitar man]

36. Yes

And I'll be the first to admit I think it's far from perfect, but it's a start. After 30 years of economic terrorism from the right starting with Reagan, I think the political Stockholm Syndrome we find ourselves in is going to require a continuing process to rid ourselves of. I sincerely hope last night was another step toward that goal.

[mvd]

37. I supported passage

Was it enough? No. There should be no mandates without a public option or strict price controls.

[avaistheone1]

40. I voted no.

This bill leaves millions of Americans behind. Even with this bill 23,000 million American will continue to die for lack of health coverage. This bill still does not make health care affordable for millions of working and middle class families who are folding undering medical bankrupty and into poverty.

I don't think it is fundamentally unjust and unfair to send so many Americans to the back of the buses for a decade or MORE because of lack of affordable health care.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Not just YES but HELL YES.

[Stinky The Clown]

43. Lynne, that's neither a vaid question nor a valid poll if you really care what people think

It is a complex issue and you ask a simple binary question.

[TexasObserver]

44. In for a penny, in for a pound.

I'm a Democrat. It's our bill.

I can hate it the day after the next election, but for now, it's OURS.

It's ugly, but I'm going to hug it like it's not. For now.