Toplines - Health Care - August 7-8, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 7-8, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you favor or oppose a single payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone?

32% Favor
57% Oppose
11% Not sure

2* Would a single payer healthcare system lead to higher healthcare costs, lower healthcare costs or would costs remain about the same?

45% Higher
24% Lower
19% About the same

12% Not sure

3* Would a single payer healthcare system lead to higher quality healthcare, lower quality healthcare or would the quality of healthcare remain about the same?

13% Higher
52% Lower
27% About the same

8% Not sure

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