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Toplines - Health Care - October 24-25, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 24-25, Year

By Rasmussen Reports

1*Generally speaking, do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the congressional Democrats?

23% Strongly favor
22% Somewhat favor
11% Somewhat oppose
40% Strongly oppose
4% Not sure

2* How likely is it that the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and the congressional Democrats will become law this year?

20% Very likely

34% Somewhat likely

28% Not very likely

7% Not at all likely

10% Not sure

3* If the health care reform plan passes, will the quality of health care get better, worse, or stay about the same?

23% Better

53% Worse

18% Stay the same

6% Not sure

4* If the health care reform plan passes, will the cost of health care go up, go down, or stay about the same?

57% Go up

18% Go down

17% Stay the same

8% Not sure

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