Health Care Law
55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
Monday, August 09, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement
Support for repeal of the new national health care bill is down slightly from last week, but the number that expects costs to rise under the new plan remains close to the record high.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% of U.S. Likely Voters favor repeal of the health care bill. That’s down from 59% a week ago, but support for repeal has ranged from 52% to 60%since the law was passed by Congress in March.
Thirty-eight percent (38%) now oppose repeal of the bill, showing little change over the past month. Opposition to repeal has ranged from 32% to 42% since March.
Emotion also continues to be on the side of those who want to repeal the bill. These new numbers include 47% who Strongly Favor repeal and 30% who Strongly Oppose it.
But 60% of all voters nationwide believe health care costs will go up under the new plan, just a point below the highest level measured so far - in mid-July. Only 16% expect the cost of health care to go down under the new plan, while another 16% expect no change.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 7-8, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Overall, 52% of voters believe the plan passed in March will be bad for the country, down five points over the past week. Roughly one-in-three voters (34%) say the bill will be good for the country.
When it comes to the quality of care, 52% of voters believe it will get worse under the new plan. That number has held relatively steady since the bill was passed in March. Only 22% expect the quality of health care to get better, while nearly the same number (19%) say it will remain about the same as it is now.
Most voters (58%) also continue to believe the new law will increase the federal deficit, though that number is at its lowest level since mid-May. But just 13% of voters expect the law to reduce the deficit.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of Republicans Strongly Favor repeal of the bill, while 50% of Democrats are Strongly Opposed. A plurality (42%) of voters not affiliated with either major political party Strongly Favor repeal.
Political Class voters remain strong supporters of the bill, while those in the Mainstream are strongly in favor of repealing it.
While the majority of Republicans and unaffiliateds believe costs will go up under the new plan, just 37% of Democrats agree.
Separate polling shows that 54% of U.S. voters oppose the requirement in the new federal health care bill that every American must buy or obtain health insurance. Forty-three percent (43%) favor the requirement, which was on the losing end of a vote in Missouri last Tuesday and is being challenged in court by a number of states. |
