While filling in today on WISN for Mark Belling, I talked about a statewide survey being touted by Democrats as evidence there’s great support for their Healthy Wisconsin universal health care plan.
The poll claims 69% of likely voters surveyed support this specific plan.
The survey was conducted June 12-14.
Problem.
The plan wasn’t officially announced until almost two weeks later on June 25, the day the state Senate Health Committee held a hastily-scheduled hearing.
Prior to that hearing, there were no announcements about the details in the plan. The media didn’t know, the public didn’t know, other legislators didn’t know.
Yet somehow we’re supposed to believe that when the pollsters called Joe in Waupaca about the Healthy Wisconsin plan, Joe in Waupaca knew what was in the plan and loved it.
Angry callers flooded my phone lines for an hour. Then state Senator John Erpenbach, the architect of the proposal, called in to try to defend the survey and the plan. Back and forth we went.
John couldn’t explain why Governor Doyle doesn’t like the plan, or why the press release about the bogus, sham of a survey didn’t include the exact questions posed to the survey respondents. After we were done, more angry callers jammed our lines, totally unconvinced by Erpenbach.
The survey lacks any credibility. If 7 out of 10 people in tax-happy Wisconsin love a $15.2 billion tax increase, why couldn’t I get anybody to call in to express their support in two hours?
I also received this e-mail from a fellow blogger:
Hi Mr. Fischer,
I listened to your show today and I was literally stunned when I heard Senator Erpenbach's responses to your questions. I live in Kenosha and Kenosha is the first area that Senator Erpenbach traveled to in order to gather backing for Healthy Wisconsin. I have blogged on that experience on several occasions. (
Here and
here).
The reason I am emailing you is that as you were challenging Senator Erpenbach on this poll, on several occasions the Senator stated that Healthy Wisconsin would drive down health care cost.
However- a week ago, Senator Erpenbach looked me straight in the eyes and admitted that Healthy Wisconsin will not drive down health care costs. I asked this question directly and the Senator told me that health care costs would continue to rise in Wisconsin- however, his hope was that costs would not rise as quickly as they have been.
Not only was the poll a bald faced lie, but the Senator bald faced lied to you again during your interview with him.
I am certain you know this already, but I just wanted to let you know that with every single challenge to Healthy Wisconsin- the Democrats and especially Senator Erpenbach are changing their stories.
Anyway- good job today- I look forward to hearing more from you on this disastrous health care plan.
Kathy Carpenter
Kenosha, WI
http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/
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