The Senate has recently victoriously voted on allowing the Senate Bill to be debated. Nevertheless, this victory was short lives as some of the moderate Democrats indicated that they will not allow the bill to pass in current form. Also, the Republicans are traditionally opposed to any government sponsored insurance and so are many Independents such as Sen. Lieberman. The only Republicans currently inclined to support the Democrats are Sen. Snowe and Collins. On the other side of the spectrum are liberal Democrats, for example Sen. Brown, who insist on a public option to be included or they will block the bill. The support among the public is just as divided, in the recent Reuters poll about 60% favored the public option; however, only about 33% of Republicans approve. The belief in better health care is very low across the spectrum; only about 11% people believe that health care reform will bring improvements.
by Lucie
Source:
Washington Post November 23, 2009
Reuters/Yahoo News! December 3, 2009
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