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Consumers Union Poll

Floor Speech

Date: May 6, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

CONSUMERS UNION POLL -- (House of Representatives - May 06, 2009)

(Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, a recent Consumers Union Poll states that 71 percent of Americans support health care reform that provides health care to all Americans. They also told us why. Sixty-four percent of those polled had concerns that they weren't able to afford a doctor in the last year. Sixty percent of them were afraid they were going to go into bankruptcy because of unforeseen medical expenses. And they also had a good idea as to the path forward because out of 66 percent of those polled, two-thirds supported the ability to choose a public insurance option, the ability to choose whether they want to stay on their private plan or whether they want to go on to a potentially better quality, more affordable public plan.

They have told us they don't want politicians making the choice for them, that they themselves want to choose whether they are better off in the private or public market.


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