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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (161430)	8/18/2009 11:21:46 AM
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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (161430)	8/18/2009 11:29:08 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

Voters Skeptical About Health Care Reform Claims Made By Pelosi and Hoyer Monday, August 17, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement Lost in the uproar over a comment in USA Today by the top two House Democrats that those protesting health care reform are “un-American” were several statements aimed at assuring Americans that their access to quality care will be even greater. But new national surveying by Rasmussen Reports finds that voters are far from assured by the comments of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in the same article. Forty-five percent (45%) of voters nationwide think Pelosi and Hoyer are wrong when they say the passage of health care reform will mean more affordable coverage for all Americans. But 36% share the Democratic Congressional leaders’ view and believe health care will become more affordable if the plan passes. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided. Just 27% of all voters agree with the senior House Democrats that if the health care reform being considered by Congress is passed, it will mean more patient choice. Forty-nine percent (49%) disagree and do not believe more patient choice is likely, and 24% are not sure. Among voters who have health insurance, the majority (52%) says the plan, if passed, will not mean more patient choice, while 25% say it will. Full demographic crosstabs are available for Premium Members. Voters by a three-to-one margin say cost is a bigger health care problem facing the nation than the lack of universal health insurance coverage. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. The plurality (45%) of voters nationwide say the congressional leaders are right when they say every American who likes his or her current insurance plan will be able to keep it if the health care plan becomes law. Thirty-six percent (36%) do not believe that’s true. Nearly-one-out-of-five voters (19%) aren’t sure. Forty-three percent (43%) of already-insured voters say they’ll be able to keep their current plans if the health reform plan passes, but 37% don’t think that’s true. Most voters (54%) now say no health care reform legislation this year would be better than passage of the bill currently working its way through Congress. This does not mean that most voters are opposed to health care reform, but it does highlight the level of concern about the specifics now being discussed in Washington. Republicans are far less likely to believe the comments by Pelosi and Hoyer than Democrats are. On the question of cost, 59% of Democratic voters say passage of the plan will make coverage more affordable for all Americans, although 63% of Republicans and 54% of unaffiliateds think otherwise. As for the protesters at congressional town hall meetings that Pelosi and Hoyer label as “un-American,” 49% of voters say they are genuinely expressing the views of their neighbors, but 37% say they’ve been put up to it by special interest groups and lobbyists. Please sign up for the Rasmussen Reports daily e-mail update (it’s free) or follow us on Twitter or Facebook. Let us keep you up to date with the latest public opinion news.