I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

I think that's a good article. They list their evaluation criteria, and where countries rank based on them. I can't derive any inherent bias (either scientifically or politically)

I read a very interesting article this morning while searching for info (thanks lewing!).

The article is from September but explained a lot of what I had always believed about KFF.

http://www.wellsphere.com/healthcare-industry-policy-article/the-kaiser-family-foundation-takes-up-the-cause-of-obamacare-once-again-finance-and-bureaucracy-triumph-over-medicine-and-hea/1228863

Adorable, Blue. They yours?

When I am reincarnated, I want to come back as a dog. All they do is sleep, eat, play, get petted, sleep. eat, get petted.

Those are interpretations of poll results without links to the actual polls.  What was the exact wording of the questions?   How a question is worded can substantially affect the answer. 

The LA Times poll seems to indicate less that people are suddenly in favor of the bill and more that people have grown weary of dealing with it, and aren't wasting any more energy on something they feel powerless to correct. 

RR - I prefer to check polls of pollsters such as Rasmussen, as they post the questions they ask the people. The majority of people still do not want this health care bill as it stands. 58% to 38%.

BarbaraA scroll down at that last link. The questions are there.

Interesting how vastly different the numbers are between CBS, a 'news' organization with a decidedly left wing bias, and a poll taking organization in busines since 2003 with no bias.

Shirley --- he's as stubborn as a mule and some things he won't discuss, just gets angry.  I know he went to the state health office (whatever it's called) a couple of times but didn't get insurance. 

On a much more pleasant topic, when I was flying over NC and into Charlotte last week I kept looking out the airplane window wondering how you were.  Too bad Charlotte's was too far inland  and I couldn't wave.  You're a lucky duck living so close to the coast!

I think that many of the hospitals have funds for the uninsured .  The religious one near me does, and has lots of fundraisers during the year for their foundation. 

Blue - we do have something in common - my lazy mutts look similiar to yours

Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters now say individual states should have the right to opt out of the entire health care plan, up from 47% in December 2009. Thirty percent (30%) disagree and say states should not be able to do that. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure. '

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/february_2011/54_say_states_should_have_right_to_opt_out_of_health_care_law

Another interesting poll is that voters now trust republicans more than democrats on 10 key issues.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues

Personally I don't trust any of them.

edited for typos.

interesting posts. thanks for letting me drop in!  (I just had to see if KK had a nice vacation. Glad to see you did! )

in response to someone's question a few pages back, Barry Sotero is what people like Alex Jones (a true Libertarian, and what some would call a complete wack job!) say is Barak Obama's real name. In essence, he was never really a US citizen, born in Indonesia or something, changed his name from Sotero to Obama along the way, and consequently can't really be our president.  

To that I say.... well, George W. never really won the general election in 2000, but HE was president.  Where I do agree with Alex Jones is that he believes both parties and our whole political system are messed up. The fact is, corporations have more political clout /influence than people do. 

I'm not going to get into a whole thing about what needs fixing in America, but I will ask this: if we were a capitalist society anymore, would we have bailed out the banks?  It's OK for me to go bankrupt, but the banks who charge me 20% interest on a credit card, can't?  I never saw a dime of the bailout or stimulus money, did you?  

And if we really cared about creating jobs and making the US competitive on the world stage, wouldn't it make the most sense to take health care OUT of the hands of employers? How can our corporations compete with companies all over the world whose healthcare is state-run? '

There are so many questions to ask, but people are so busy being partisan that they totally miss the fact that both parties are negligent; maybe even worse - accomplices in the status quo.  And the status quo is very broken! 

Party on KonaKat!  It's time to add ice cream!!!

Well 2z looks like you have your information wrong....................

 Alex Jones did not state that Barry Soetoro is "Obama's real name.........he said that Barry Soetoro is "Obamas" LEGAL name......that is a big difference..........

Barry was legally adopted by his step father and his name was changed to Barry Soetoro........

there is no birth certificate for the name Barak Obama......but there is a birth certificate for the name Barry Soetoro..........as stated by the newly elected Governor of Hawaii a close personal friend of President Soetoro.........

so you might want to get your facts straight before you post or get all your information from Huffington Post or Daily Cuss........

Even now the birthers are beginning to understand that it wasn't that Soetoro wasn't born in Hawaii he just goes by a name that is not his legal name......that's all.......just so you know.......shokk

otter, very interesting article.  I would say that lack of knowledge about the "outside" world is the biggest reason americans don't travel.  As for the increase in the number of Americans with passports, if they had understood they could have gotten away with the ID card that lets you into Canada and Mexico, I bet the number would have been lower.

In our family, we all have passports and pretty much view any excuse to travel as a good one.  By the time I was 22, I had been to Japan [well, born there ;-)], Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, capitals of 3 Scandinavian countries, Athens, Rome, East Berlin, West Germany, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain.  I see my travel as every bit as worthwhile as owning things.  My monsters are much more traveled than I was at their age--the oldest is 13 and has already been to Sweden, Iceland, Paris [2x], Canada and China [5x].

Next trip:  Paris!  We will all be there 2 weeks from today.  Its a celebration of the end of all the stupidbreastcancer stuff plus my 10th wedding anniversary plus my upcoming half century birthday this year!

I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!