The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    You Heard it here Second. Coonsey caught it first. The Majority of Doctors Support Public Health Option.

    By amike on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 10:27am |
    A RWJF survey summarized in the September 14, 2009 edition of the New England Journal of Medicineshows that 62.9 percent of physicians nationwide support proposals to expand health care coverage that include both public and private insurance options--where people under the age of 65 would have the choice of enrolling in a new public health insurance plan (like Medicare) or in private plans. The survey shows that just 27.3 percent of physicians support a new program that does not include a public option and instead provides subsidies for low-income people to purchase private insurance. Only 9.6 percent of doctors nationwide support a system where a Medicare-like public program is created in lieu of any private insurance. A majority of physicians (58%) also support expanding Medicare eligibility to those between the ages of 55 and 64.
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

     Great stuff at the link, including slide show and additional selling points.  
    Now who is going to write an ad with this tag line:

    Who Do You Trust, Your Doctor or Your Medical Insurance Company?
    How's that for brevity?

    Sorry Coonsey,  Coonsey's post: