Jackson and Coker Physician Survey on "Universal Healthcare"

Survey details:

"As a result, Jackson & Coker commissioned a survey to determine the opinions of health professionals, especially practicing physicians, on the topic of healthcare reform. The survey results convey their views and advance the ongoing debate at this point in the presidential election cycle."

Jackson and Coker is a physician recruiting firm. I actually got an e-vite to this survey and took it. Most respondents were in practice 15 years or longer, making them likely significantly more Republican and "conservative," so take it with a tablespoon of salt.

I frankly didn't find many surprises in it, much like surveys done by "The Factor" or Lou Dobbs, but I did find a ray of hope in the morass:

When asked, "Should health insurance be controlled by the government or private companies?"
25% said "The Federal Government" and 39% said "Private companies with government oversight."

That gives a surpisingly large (can I say overwhelming?) 64% majority in this survey who sound like they would accept a Single Payer system in the sense of something like a Medicare-for-All system of government contracted payers.

Wow. The seeds are there.

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