52% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
A majority of voters continues to favor repeal of the national health care law, but the number who Strongly Favor it has fallen to a new low. So has the number of voters who see the law as bad for the country.
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April 18, 2011
February 28, 2011
53% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, But Voters Less Confident in Benefits of Repeal
Most voters still want to see the national health care law repealed, and confidence that repeal will actually happen is on the upswing. Belief that repeal will be good for the economy, however, has fallen to its lowest level ever.
February 21, 2011
56% Favor Repeal of Health Care Plan
Most voters nationwide continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, but one-in-five now believe the plan will have no real impact on the federal deficit.
February 14, 2011
57% of Voters Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 38% Opposed
Most voters continue to strongly favor repeal of the national health care law and they’re evenly divided as to whether the new law will force them to change insurance coverage.
February 8, 2011
Most Voters Still Put Reducing Health Care Costs Ahead of Universal Coverage
As they have from the beginning of the health care debate, voters see cost reduction as more important than ensuring universal coverage.
February 7, 2011
58% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law; Most Still Expect Costs To Rise and Quality To Suffer
The majority of voters still support repeal of the new national health care law and remain convinced that it will drive up the cost and hurt the quality of health care in the country.
February 4, 2011
54% Say States Should Have Right To Opt Out of Health Care Law
More than half the states are challenging the constitutionality of the new federal health care law in court, many focusing on the requirement that every American must have health insurance. More voters than ever oppose that requirement and think states should have the right to opt out of some or all of the health care law.
February 1, 2011
Majority of Voters Still Question Health Care Waivers, Think They Should Be Given To All
Voters remain concerned that the new health care law will cause some employers to drop their health insurance coverage, and most still question the exemptions to the law the Obama administration is granting to some businesses.
January 31, 2011
58% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, But Confidence in Repeal Is Down
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, but now that the Republican-run House has voted to repeal and sent it on to the Democratic-controlled Senate for action, confidence that the law ultimately will be repealed has fallen to its lowest level in four months.
January 24, 2011
53% Favor Health Care Repeal, But Voters Worry Less About Being Forced To Change Coverage
Following the House's repeal of the national health care law last week, sending the issue on to the Senate, most voters continue to favor repeal, but support has fallen to its lowest level since late October. Fewer voters also now believe the law will force them to switch their health insurance coverage.
January 17, 2011
Voters Tend To See Health Care Repeal As a Deficit Reducer
Although the Congressional Budget Office claims repealing the health care law will increase the federal budget deficit, a plurality of voters disagrees with that assessment. At the same time, most voters feel free market competition will do more to cut health care costs than government regulation.
January 17, 2011
Most Still Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, Say It Will Increase Deficit
Support for repeal of the national health care law passed last year remains steady, as most voters continue to believe the law will increase the federal budget deficit.
January 16, 2011
Voters Hold Less Fear of Government Health Care Decisions
Voters for the first time are slightly less fearful of having their health care decisions made by the federal government than by private insurers.
January 14, 2011
75% Want Health Care Law Changed
Voters overwhelmingly want to see last year’s health care law changed, but there is substantial disagreement about how best to do it.
January 13, 2011
Just 29% Believe Health Care Repeal Will Increase Deficit
Some supporters of the national health care law say its repeal will drive up the federal budget deficit, but most voters believe repeal will either reduce or have no impact on government spending and the deficit.
January 12, 2011
75% Think Health Care Law May Cost More Than Estimated
Most voters still strongly feel that the health care reform law passed last year by Congress will cost more than projected.
January 10, 2011
Most Still Support Repeal of Health Care Bill; 49% Say It’s Likely
Support for repeal of the national health care law remains high, as does belief that the measure may be repealed.
January 3, 2011
Insured Voters Still Divided Whether Health Care Law Is Likely To Make Them Change Coverage
With Republicans on the brink of taking over the U.S. House of Representatives, voters continue to strongly support repeal of the national health care law passed by Democrats last March, but those who already have insurance are still almost evenly divided as to whether the law will force them to change their coverage.
December 27, 2010
Support for Health Care Repeal At 60%
For the second time this month, 60% of Likely Voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the national health care law, while the number who expect health care costs to increase is at its highest level since August.
December 20, 2010
For First Time Ever, Most Voters Think Health Care Repeal Likely
For the first time since Democrats in Congress passed the health care bill in March, a majority of U.S. voters believe the measure is likely to be repealed.
