Scary “rationing” be damned (we ration here in the US, by ability to pay), take a look at the numbers this poll from last month :

Associated Press-Yahoo Poll
Interview dates: December 14 – 20, 2007

14. Which comes closest to your view?

34% – The United States should continue the current health insurance system in which most people get their health insurance from private employers, but some people have no insurance

65% – The United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers

2% – Refused / Not Answered

15. Do you consider yourself a supporter of a single-payer health care system, that is a national health plan financed by taxpayers in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan, or not?

54% – Yes

44% – No

2% – Refused / Not Answered

So much for that whole “Americans would never support government-run medicine” bit.

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