Toplines - Healthcare - July 26-27, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 26-27, 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?

25% Strongly favor

22% Somewhat favor

8% Somewhat oppose

41% Strongly oppose

3% 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?

15% Very likely

34% Somewhat likely

27% Not very likely

12% Not at all likely

12% Not sure

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

23% Better

50% Worse

23% Stay about the same

5% 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?

53% Cost of health care will go up

23% Cost will go down
18% Stay the same

5% Not sure

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