[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11733]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          CONSUMERS UNION POLL

  (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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