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Toplines - Health Care (without Insurance) - September 8-17, 2009

National Survey of 504 Likely Voters without Health Insurance
Conducted September 8-17, 2009

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?

30% Strongly favor

28% Somewhat favor

9% Somewhat oppose

26% Strongly oppose

6% 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?

22% Very likely

37% Somewhat likely

22% Not very likely

9% Not at all likely

9% Not sure

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

35% Better

31% Worse

21% Stay about the same

13% 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?

41% Cost of health care will go up

26% Cost will go down
18% Stay the same

15% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage point with a 95% level of confidence