How bad are the numbers on health care for the administration? So bad that Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring can one on one an analysis by the Plum Line’s Greg Sargent:
Poll Shows GOP Arguments About Health Care May Be Resonating … • 67 percent of Americans believe that wait times for health care services (such as surgery) will increase (91 percent of Republicans, 37 percent of Democrats, 72 percent of Independents).
• Roughly 6 out of 10 Americans believe that taxpayers will be required to pay for abortions (78 percent of Republicans, 30 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of Independents)
• 5 out 10 believe the federal government will become directly involved in making personal health care decisions (80 percent of Republicans, 25 percent of Democrats, 56 percent of Independents)
• Almost 6 out of 10 Americans believe that a public insurance option as proposed would be too expensive for the United States to afford (84 percent of Republicans, 27 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of Independents).
• 51 percent believe that the public insurance option will increase health care costs (79 percent of Republicans, 21 percent of Democrats, 53 percent of Independents).
And while the media reaches for the smelling salts every time a poll indicates that Republicans believe some dubious proposition about health care reform, how about the delusional 79 percent of Democrats who are telling pollsters that these reforms will not increase health care costs. How on earth can they think that we’re going to insure 47 million people without having to pay more for health care — or are they just following the lead of the president, who insists that it’s as simple as offering red pills instead of blue pills (or is it the other way around?)?
