Sep 17, 2009

doctors support the public option

A New England Journal of Medicine poll shows that 73% of physicians support a Medicare-like public insurance plan (10% support a single-payer public option only, and 63% support a mix of public and private options) (h/t dKos).

The American Medical Association currently opposes a public insurance option, meaning that they are out of touch with a majority of their own members:

[T]here was also majority support for a public option among AMA members (62.2%).

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