Toplines - Health Care - July 14-15, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 14-15, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed the Congressional debate on health care reform?

36% Very closely
36% Somewhat closely
22% Not very closely
4% Not at all
1% Not sure

2* Would it be a good idea to set up a government health insurance company to compete with private health insurance companies?

35% Yes
50% No
15% Not sure

3* A proposal has been made to raise taxes on those who earn more than $250,000 a year to pay for the cost of health care reform. Do you favor or oppose raising taxes on those who earn more than $250,000 a year to pay for the cost of health care reform?

48% Favor
44% Oppose
8% Not sure

4* To cover the cost of health care reform, how likely is it that taxes will have to be raised on the middle class?

56% Very likely

22% Somewhat likely

11% Not very likely

4% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

5* If deductions for charitable contributions are reduced for wealthy Americans, how likely is it that wealthy Americans will give less money to charity?

55% Very likely

25% Somewhat likely

11% Not very likely

2% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

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