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So says a new AP poll.

A new AP poll finds that Americans who think the law should have done more outnumber those who think the government should stay out of health care by 2-to-1.

"I was disappointed that it didn't provide universal coverage," said Bronwyn Bleakley, 35, a biology professor from Easton, Mass.

More than 30 million people would gain coverage in 2019 when the law is fully phased in, but another 20 million or so would remain uninsured. Bleakley, who was uninsured early in her career, views the overhaul as a work in progress.

The poll found that about four in 10 adults think the new law did not go far enough to change the health care system, regardless of whether they support the law, oppose it or remain neutral. On the other side, about one in five say they oppose the law because they think the federal government should not be involved in health care at all.

The AP poll was conducted by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Overall, 30 percent favored the legislation, while 40 percent opposed it, and another 30 percent remained neutral.

Those numbers are no endorsement for Obama's plan, but the survey also found a deep-seated desire for change that could pose a problem for Republicans. Only 25 percent in the poll said minimal tinkering would suffice for the health care system.
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Post this simply because so many Liticons seem to have a case of persistent reality inversion on this point, despite having been corrected repeatedly.
 
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What were the results when Republicans and Independents were polled?
 
Xplorr7 said:
What were the results when Republicans and Independents were polled?
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A whole lot of repubs and independents believe that the health care system needs a whole lot of help and not just a little fiddling.
 
Don't let the real facts get in the way of your baloney ... they don't support your claims.




Dislike of healthcare law crosses party lines,
1 in 4 Dems want repeal


Healthcare reform is hurting the reelection chances of freshman Democrats in the House, according to The Hill/ANGA poll.

A majority of voters in key battleground districts favor repeal of the legislative overhaul Congress passed this year.



President Obama predicted in the spring that the new law would become popular as people learned more about it. But the poll shows Republicans strongly oppose it, independents are wary of it and a surprising number of Democrats also want it overturned.

Republicans have vowed to repeal the law if they take control of Congress, and the findings of Mark Penn, who led Penn Schoen Berland’s polling team, show that healthcare is a major issue for voters this year.


When asked if they wanted the legislation repealed, 56 percent of voters in the surveyed districts said yes. “Only Democrats were opposed to repeal (23 percent to 64 percent),” Penn said. “Undecided voters wanted the healthcare law repealed by 49 percent to 27 percent.”

In each district, a majority of those surveyed said they want the controversial law gone.

65 percent back repeal in Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick’s (D-Ariz.) district, while only 27 percent oppose such an effort. Kirkpatrick voted for healthcare reform.

59 percent of those polled in Rep. Debbie Halvorson’s (D-Ill.) district back a repeal, with 29 percent against.

More than one in four Democrats polled also favor repeal. Halvorson was a late yes vote on healthcare reform and is now 18 points behind her Republican challenger.


Independent voters, who strongly supported Obama’s presidential bid, have a negative view of his most significant domestic policy achievement.

Rep. Harry Teague (D-N.M.) voted no on the healthcare overhaul and that position is consistent with his district, where 49 percent of Democrats favor repeal and 46 percent oppose it. 61 percent of independents in Teague’s district back a repeal.

Teague is trailing in his race with former Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) by four percentage points, the poll found.



Penn said, “I was most surprised at the strong discontent with this healthcare reform.” He added, “Most people actually favor repeal of the healthcare legislation, and that included 54 percent of the independents.

So outside of the Democratic Party, healthcare legislation has come out as a net negative.”



Of the 12 districts polled, only one fell within the margin of error on repeal. 44 percent support repeal while 41 percent oppose it in Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy’s (D-Ohio) district. Kilroy backed healthcare reform and is 9 points down in her race against Republican Steve Stivers.

Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper’s (D-Pa.) decision to back healthcare reform is hobbling her. In his summary of findings, Penn writes that “57 percent of respondents in the district believe that the healthcare legislation … should be repealed. Undecided voters feel this way by a margin of 45 percent to 33 percent.”

The Hill/ANGA poll finds that Dahlkemper is trailing 13 points behind her Republican challenger.


Republicans and independents in Rep. Dina Titus’s (D-Nev.) district fit the same pattern, only more so. Almost two-thirds of independents there want the law scrapped. Titus, who voted yes on reform, is in a tight race against Republican Joe Heck.


The Hill/ANGA poll surveyed 4,809 likely voters via phone interviews from Sept. 25 through Sept. 30 in 12 competitive congressional districts. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.4 percent, with the margins being higher in subgroups.



http://thehill.com/house-polls/the-hill-anga-poll-week-1/122851-distaste-for-healthcare-law-crosses-party-lines
 
MeeMie said:
Don't let the real facts get in the way of your baloney ... they don't support your claims.




Dislike of healthcare law crosses party lines,
1 in 4 Dems want repeal
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1) Where are you getting this?

2) You're talking here about members of Congress; the poll in the OP was about the attitudes of the general public.
 
Americans are way to greedy for a public anything to ever work.

Look at the shit storm raised over the postal service in that other thread. God forbid you have to pay for something you don't use and somebody else benefits from it:rolleyes:
 
KingOrfeo said:
The post includes no cite or link, ostrich.
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Both the poll data and link are included in the post. I could bold it for you, but I'd prefer you actually READ the information in its entirety.

The percentages posted are of "constituents" (ie VOTERS) in Congressional districts and overall ... not "members of Congress" as you suggested.








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MeeMie said:
Both the poll data and link are included in the post.

The percentages posted are of "constituents" ie VOTERS in Congressional districts and overall ... not "members of Congress" as you suggested,
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No, there is no link, nor anything to indicate the source of the text; you could be making all this up for all we know, or it could be from some zero-credibility source like WND.

You often seem to have a problem with supplying such basic information to go with your C&Ps. I don't.

Nor is there any way to tell what poll questions were asked, therefore no way to tell whether some of those who purportedly answered "Yes" on repeal said so because in their opinion the bill doesn't go far enough.
 
KingOrfeo said:
No, there is no link, nor anything to indicate the source of the text; you could be making all this up for all we know, or it could be from some zero-credibility source like WND.

You often seem to have a problem with supplying such basic information to go with your C&Ps. I don't.

Nor is there any way to tell what poll questions were asked, therefore no way to tell whether some of those who purportedly answered "Yes" on repeal said so because in their opinion the bill doesn't go far enough.
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blah blah blah blah and more baloney....

The Hill is not a right wing news source.


http://thehill.com/house-polls/the-...staste-for-healthcare-law-crosses-party-lines
 
KingOrfeo said:
No, there is no link, nor anything to indicate the source of the text; you could be making all this up for all we know, or it could be from some zero-credibility source like WND.

You often seem to have a problem with supplying such basic information to go with your C&Ps. I don't.

Nor is there any way to tell what poll questions were asked, therefore no way to tell whether some of those who purportedly answered "Yes" on repeal said so because in their opinion the bill doesn't go far enough.
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the birdbrain "believes' that there is a link, therefore, to it, there is one.
 
richard_daily said:
the birdbrain "believes' that there is a link, therefore, to it, there is one.
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Check the last line ... LOL!

You didn't think I was going to make it easy for you, did you?

While you're there, inform yourself by reading the comment area. Maybe that will convince you that the "general public" wants ObamaCare repealed and replaced with something that actually improves Health coverage without destroying Health care. That was what was needed. That was what was offered in a bipartisan manner and ignored by the majority in control, in order to force ObamaCare on the nation.






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"those who think the government should stay out of health care"


Yeah, if you phrase it that way. That would include being against medicare, no?
 
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