Poll: People Support Health Insurance Reform

Those who think our current bad system of health care is fine and dandy may try to cherry pick the thing in this poll that suits them but leave out the critical evidence that doesn't suit them, but the fact is, folks really want something done to fix the system.
That's the only conclusion that can be drawn from the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. While our president's poll numbers may be down for now, the thirst amongst the public for something big to get done remains strong.
Here's part of what the New York Times reported:

Still, Mr. Obama remains the dominant figure in the debate, both because he continues to enjoy relatively high levels of public support even after seeing his approval ratings dip, and because there appears to be a strong desire to get something done: 49 percent said they supported fundamental changes, and 33 percent said the health care system needed to be completely rebuilt.
The poll found 66 percent of respondents were concerned that they might eventually lose their insurance if the government did not create a new health care system, and 80 percent said they were concerned that the percentage of Americans without health care would continue to rise if Congress did not act.
By 55 percent to 26 percent, respondents said Mr. Obama had better ideas about how to change health care than Republicans in Congress did.
There is overwhelming support for a bipartisan agreement on health care, and here again, Mr. Obama appears in the stronger position: 59 percent said that he was making an effort to work with Congressional Republicans, while just 33 percent said Republicans were trying to work with him on the issue.

Bottom line: the American people want the bickering and stalling to end and for real health insurance reform to pass. It's not a message that Republicans and their media lapdogs want to share with the American people, and from these numbers, I understand why.