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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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From: Kenneth E. Phillipps8/27/2009 3:48:10 PM
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Poll on Health Care

August 27, 2009
US: Health Care (AARP 8/12-13)

By Emily Swanson

AARP / Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates (D)
8/12-13/09; 1,000 adults, 3.1% margin of error
Mode: Internet
(PSB: release, toplines)

To what degree do you favor or oppose the following health care proposals?

Making insurance available to everyone regardless of their health history
86% Favor, 11% Oppose

Starting a new federal health insurance plan that individuals could purchase if they can't afford private plans offered to them
79% Favor, 18% Oppose

Keeping health insurance mainly a private industry but allowing the government to serve as an industry watchdog to help expand coverage and keep an eye on costs
62% Favor, 32% Oppose

Requiring everyone to either accept employer-provided health insurance or purchase a health insurance policy
45% Favor, 48% Oppose

Do you favor or oppose using the following things to raise money to fund health care improvements?

Limiting the deductions that higher-income people can claim on their income tax returns
72% Favor, 23% Oppose

Taxing employers that do not provide health insurance to their employees
68% Fsavor, 29% Oppose

Taxing employees who receive more than the average amount of health care benefits from their employees
34% Favor, 60% Oppose

Looking for savings in the current Medicare system to pay for health care reform
68% Favor, 27% oppose

pollster.com
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