Rasmussen Poll: 61% favor repeal of ObamaCare

Health Care Law
61% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
Monday, September 20, 2010
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Likely U.S. Voters now at least somewhat favor repeal of the new national health care law, including 50% who Strongly Favor it. That’s up eight points from a week ago and the highest level of opposition measured since late May.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 33% of Likely Voters oppose repeal. Since the passage of the bill in late March, a majority of voters have consistently favored repeal of the new law, with support ranging from a low of 53% to a high of 63%.

Only 33% say the health care plan will be good for the country, the lowest level measured since late July. Fifty-six percent (56%) disagree and believe the new law will be bad for the United States.

On both questions, there is a large divide between mainstream voters and the Political Class. While 74% of Mainstream voters favor repeal, 74% of the Political Class are opposed. Likewise, most Mainstream voters (71%) feel the health care law will hurt the country, but 68% of the Political Class believe the law will be beneficial.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 18-19, 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.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of all voters nationwide say the health care law will increase the federal deficit. Just 11% feel the new law will reduce the deficit, while another 18% say it will have no impact. These findings show little change since late March.

A strong majority (60%) feel that under the new law, the cost of health care will go up. Only 13% say costs will go down, and 18% say they will stay about the same. These findings, too, have remained fairly consistent since passage of the bill.

Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans expect to spend more for health care a year from now than they are spending right now.

Only 20% say the quality of health care will get better under the new law. Just over half (53%) feel the quality of health care will get worse. Twenty-one percent (21%) expect it to say the same.

While debate continues to rage in the country over the national health care bill, Americans are only slightly more confident that the private sector has a better chance than the federal government of maintaining quality care and controlling costs.

Recent polling finds that 40% of Americans nationwide say they have chosen not to fill a prescription because it cost too much. Thirty-nine percent (39%) also say that they have postponed a medical procedure or checkup to save money in the past six months.

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