San Francisco Chronicle poll, 5/1/03
Results:
77% – Create single-payer system
3% – Make employers “play or pay”
2% – Restore clinics’ budgets
14% – Make cuts, we can’t afford the system we’ve got
3% – Take two aspirin and call Congress in the morning
About 1100 people voted in this poll, which totally lacks any scientific validity. But the poll does make one very important point. The California State Legislature is currently evaluating both an employer mandate model and a single payer model of reform. This poll demonstrates that legislators should not automatically dismiss the single payer model because it is not “politically feasible.”