PUBLIC AGAINST SINGLE PAYER FOR HEALTH CARE - AT 6:40 P.M. ET:  With the focus on the Afghanistan war, let's not forget that the Senate is debating health-care legislation, with the Dem leaership determined to pass something, if only a bill requiring shinier stethoscopes. 

It's pretty much agreed that a large faction of Congressional Democrats want eventually to have the government act as a single payer for health care, the structure in many, more socialistic countries.  The public, according to Rasmussen, isn't buying:

Only 27% of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. That’s down five points from August.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 62% are opposed to a single-payer system and another 12% are undecided.

Most Democrats (54%) favor this type of system, though 37% are opposed. Most Republicans (87%) and voters not affiliated with either party (64%) are opposed to the idea.

There is little difference in opinion between those voters who currently have health insurance and those who do not.

COMMENT:  One feature of the current health-care debate is the utter contempt many Democrats have shown for public feelings.  They have a mama-knows-best -- excuse me, a gender-neutral-parent-knows- best -- attitude.  They will not be swayed or reasoned with.

This is something that will have to be dealt with at the polls next year.

December 3, 2009