Toplines - Health Care - September 11-12, 2009

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Toplines - Health Care - September 11-12, 2009

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted September 11-12, 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?

Date	Strongly Favor	Somewhat favor	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Not sure
Sept 11-12. 2009	30%	18%	8%	40%	3%
Sept 10-11, 2009	31%	16%	10%	39%	4%
Sept 9-10, 2009	30%	16%	12%	39%	3%
Sept 8-9, 2009	27%	17%	12%	41%	3%
Aug 25-26, 2009	23%	20%	10%	43%	4%

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

Date	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Not very likely	Not at all likely	Not sure
Sept 11-12, 2009	17%	34%	30%	10%	10%
Sept 10-11, 2009	19%	33%	30%	11%	7%
Sept 9-10, 2009	18%	33%	27%	12%	10%
Sept 8-9, 2009	13%	34%	27%	13%	13%
Aug 25-26, 2009	17%	32%	32%	9%	10%

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

Date	Better	Worse	Stay the same	Not sure
Sept 11-12, 2009	28%	47%	19%	5%
Sept 10-11, 2009	28%	46%	20%	6%
Sept 9-10, 2009	31%	46%	16%	6%
Sept 8-9, 2009	29%	48%	15%	8%
Aug 25-26, 2009	23%	50%	21%	6%

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

Date	Up	Down	Stay the same	Not sure
Sept 11-12, 2009	47%	25%	21%	7%
Sept 10-11, 2009	47%	23%	22%	8%
Sept 9-10, 2009	47%	23%	21%	9%
Sept 8-9, 2009	46%	22%	23%	9%
Aug 25-26, 2009	52%	17%	21%	11%

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