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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (331956)	11/3/2009 5:55:58 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794008

For this article to appear in the NYT, there must be a huge amount of buyer's remorse out there Precisely my thought.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (331956)	11/3/2009 7:43:34 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 794008

Exclusive Poll of Likely Voters: Strong Opposition to Health Reform Plans Big Government - biggovernment.com - Posted By Publius On November 3, 2009 @ 12:53 pm A new Fabrizio McLaughlin national poll of likely voters finds the public strongly resistant to the health care proposals currently under consideration in Congress. The poll also finds that health care isn’t the top issue on likely voters minds, despite the wall-to-wall news coverage of the debate over the last several weeks. The economy or jobs were the top issue of 50% of likely voters. More troubling for supporters of Congressional health care legislation, is the finding that, the more likely voters learn about the proposals, their opposition to the legislation is overwhelming. As reported earlier, the poll began with the same question tested earlier by the Washington Post. Even with this neutral phrasing, likely voters were opposed 48-45%. As the questions became more detailed, however, opposition grew and any support collapsed. Below are the detailed questions and results. These should give serious pause to ObamaCare proponents pushing for quick legislation action. Based on what know, do you favor or oppose a “public option” health insurance plan? (Asked only of those who were aware of the debate over a public option.) Total Favor 39% Total Oppose 53% Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew the total cost for this health care reform plan would be $900 billion dollars? Total Favor 25% Total Oppose 67% Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew it would cut Medicare benefits for Senior Citizens by $500 billion dollars? Total Favor 15% Total Oppose 78% Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew you could be forced off your current health insurance and onto the government-run plan? Total Favor 17% Total Oppose 75% Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew that there was no guarantee that you could keep your current doctor? Total Favor 20% Total Oppose 75% Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew that it could limit the treatments and medications you could have access to? Total Favor 16% Total Oppose 80% Would you favor or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans if you knew that it would raise taxes nearly $400 billion dollars? Total Favor 21% Total Oppose 73% The poll was conducted by Fabrizio, McLaughlin and Associates. It was conducted October 27-29 of 1,000 voters who said they were likely to vote in 2010. The poll also asked how legislators votes on these issues would impact their vote in 2010. Check back later today for those results. Also, the poll added an oversample of 400 likely voters in BOTH the 13 Senate and 47 House races ranked most competitive by the Cook Report. Results in those are interesting. Check back for those and the full top-line results as well. [1] ________________________________________ Article printed from Big Government: biggovernment.com URL to article: biggovernment.com URLs in this post: