National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted February 26-27, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How important is reining in health spending to improving the nation's economy?

46% Very important

32% Somewhat important

10% Not very important

3% Not at all important

9% Not sure

2* During the campaign candidate Obama promised to reduce the number of uninsured Americans, improve the quality of care and save the typical family $2,500 per year in medical costs. How likely is it that President Obama will be able to accomplish all three of these goals by the end of his first term?

17% Very likely

27% Somewhat likely

29% Not very likely

24% Not at all likely

3% Not sure

3* Of the three goals, which is he most likely to accomplish…..reducing the number of uninsured Americans, improving the quality of health care or saving the typical family $2,500 per year in medical costs?

50% Reducing the number of uninsured Americans

17% Improving the quality of health care

16% Saving the typical family $2,500 per year in medical costs

18% Not sure

4* Given the state of the economy should the Obama administration move forward with healthcare reform or wait until the economy improves?

42% Move forward

49% Wait until the economy improves

10% Not sure

5* Is it possible to provide health insurance for everyone?

41% Yes
49% No
10% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence