60% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 50% Say Repeal Would Benefit Economy

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Health Care Law
60% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 50% Say Repeal Would Benefit Economy
Monday, August 16, 2010
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Support for repeal of the health care reform bill is at its highest level in over a month, while the number of voters who believe repeal will be good for the economy has reached a new high.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that 60% at least somewhat favor repeal of the health care reform law, while 36% oppose repeal.

Those numbers include 50% who Strongly Favor repeal and 26% who Strongly Oppose it. Platinum Members can see state-by-state results from across the country.

The number that favors repeal is up five points from last week and is the highest level measured since July 1. The number that Strongly Favors repeal also ties the highest level ever - first measured in mid-April.

Overall support for repeal has ranged from 52% to 63% since the law was passed by Congress in March.

Fifty percent (50%) of voters now say repeal of the bill will be good for the economy. That's up six points from the end of July and is the highest result found since the question was first posed in April. Twenty-six percent (26%) say repeal of the bill would be bad for the economy, while another 15% say it will have no impact.

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 13-14, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

But voters are not as convinced that repeal would lead to the creation of more jobs. While 33% say a repeal of the bill would lead to more job creation, 30% disagree. Thirty-seven percent (37%) more are not sure. Still, the number of voters who believe the law's repeal would lead to increased job creation is also the highest level measured yet.

Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters believe it is at least somewhat likely the bill will be repealed, showing no change from July. Forty-six percent (46%) say the law is not likely to be repealed. This includes 15% who say repeal is Very Likely and eight percent 98%) who say it is Not At All Likely to happen.

Fifty percent (50%) believe the health care reform plan will be bad for the economy, down slightly from results found over the past several weeks. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say the law will be good for the economy, the highest result found since mid-July.

Republicans continue to strongly favor repeal of the health care bill, while a majority of Democrats oppose repeal. Most voters not affiliated with either major political party also favor the bill's repeal.

Nearly three-out-of-four voters in the Political Class oppose repeal of the bill, while a strong majority of Mainstream voters favor repeal.

Separate polling shows that 54% of U.S. voters oppose the requirement in the new federal health care bill that every American must buy or obtain health insurance. Forty-three percent (43%) favor the requirement, which was on the losing end of a vote in Missouri last Tuesday and is being challenged in court by a number of states.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law

[allaboutmary]

Funny, I heard a poll the other day that said the exact opposite of this.  Like Adgal said it's all in the wording.   I also believe the bill didn't go far enough.

[adgal]

Even though polls can be a good sampling, I do know for certain you can make a poll come out in your favor if you want to.  Wording of the questions is important as is the area the poll is taking place in.  We used to do it all the time when I was in advertising.  The only real poll is election day.  

I also have heard an awful lot about many thinking the Health Care bill did not go far enough...

[teko]

I wonder why no one asked me? I am all for healthcare reform. I guess it just depends on ones personal experience with their own individual situation as to whether you think it is good or not. I think its about time someone took the initiative for a change instead of ignoring it like they have all these years.