Multiple studies and surveys have shown a public health care plan is the way to lower cost universal coverage and in keeping with what the public wants in terms of reform. If you've wondered why both Republicans and conservative Democrats seem hell bent on making sure the public doesn't get what they clearly want, this chart (via Ezra Klein) is enlightening.
The chart comes from a Washington Post survey. As it turns out, nearly half of all the lobbyists hired by major health care companies in the last year had previously worked for Congressional members of the committees responsible for health care reform.
What a coincidence, huh?
Here's a video to put the whole health care reform debate into perspective:
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