Table 17.

Approval of Government Offering a Government Administrated Healthcare Insurance Option

CBS/NYT: “Would you favor or oppose the government offering everyone a government-administered health insurance plan—something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get—that would compete with private health insurance plans?”

	6/12/09– 6/16/09	7/24/09–7/28/09	8/27/09–8/31/09a	8/27/09–8/31/09b
	%	%	%	%
Favor	72	66	60	53
Oppose	20	27	34	36
Don’t know/No answer	8	7	6	11
N	895	1,050	1,097	1,097
	9/10/09c	10/05/09– 10/08/09	11/13/09–11/16/09d	12/04/09–12/10/09
	%	%	%	%
Favor	68	62	61	59
Oppose	27	31	28	29
Don’t know/No answer	5	7	11	12
N	648	829	1,167	1,031

^aSubpopulation: Asked of Form A half sample.

^bSubpopulation: Asked of Form B half sample.

^cA national adult re-interviewed sample of 648. Respondents were originally interviewed 8/27/09–8/31/09 as part of a national adult sample of 1,097 and agreed to be re-interviewed.

^d”Would you favor or oppose the government offering some people who are uninsured the choice of a government-administered health insurance plan—also known as a ‘public option’—that would compete with private health insurance plans?”