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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (96798)	12/13/2010 11:25:51 AM
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Health Care Law Support for Health Care Repeal Hits Highest Point Since September Monday, December 13, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement Time doesn’t seem to be winning the new national health care law any more friends. Most voters have favored repeal of the law every week since it was passed and support for repeal has now inched up to its highest level since mid-September. Many Americans remain concerned that the law will force them to change their health insurance coverage. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 60% of Likely U.S. Voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the health care law while 34% are opposed. As has been the case since the law was first passed, those who favor repeal feel more passionately than those who want to keep the law--46% Strongly Favor repeal while just 23% who are Strongly Opposed. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Total support for repeal is up four points from a week ago but consistent with opposition to the law for months. Support for repeal has ranged from 50% to 63% in weekly tracking since Democrats in Congress passed the law in late March. Voters remain almost even divided over whether the law will mean they have to change their existing health insurance coverage. Forty-four percent (44%) think it is at least somewhat likely they will have to change their health insurance, including 20% who say it is Very Likely. Nearly as many (42%) believe they are unlikely to have to change their coverage, with 15% who say it is Not Likely At All. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. These numbers are consistent with findings since June. (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 survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on December 11-12, 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. Complicating things for supporters of the health care law is the finding that 75% of voters with insurance rate their current health insurance coverage as good or excellent, while only six percent (6%) regard it as poor. Scott Rasmussen noted this comfort with existing coverage in an August 2009 Wall Street Journal column and observed that “the fundamentals are really what make health-care reform a hard sell to American voters.” Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters now say the health care plan will be bad for the country. Thirty-two percent (32%) think the plan will be good for the country, while three percent (3%) say it will have no impact. Eleven percent (11%) are undecided. These findings, too, have changed little in months. Most Republicans and the majority of voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties continue to favor repeal of the health care law. Most Democrats remain opposed to repeal. But while nearly two-thirds of GOP voters think the law is likely to make them change their health insurance, unaffiliateds are narrowly divided on the question. Democrats think it’s unlikely that the law will force them to change coverage. Fifty-five percent (55%) of Mainstream voters say the law is likely to make them change their health insurance, but 89% of those in the Political Class believe that’s not likely. With the Republican takeover of the House driven in part by widespread opposition to the health care law, debate is already heavy in Washington over whether the new GOP majority will push for full repeal of the measure. But 52% of voters think Congress should review the health care bill piece by piece and keep the parts it likes. Nearly half of all voters (47%) continue to believe that repeal of the health care law is at least somewhat likely. But 39% disagree, and 14% more are not sure. Most voters (65%) say they prefer a government with fewer services and lower taxes rather than one with more services and higher taxes. Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to Platinum Members only.