"From what you have heard about Barack Obama's health care plan that was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President last year, do you think his plan is a good idea or a bad idea?"
Good idea
Bad idea
Do not have an opinion
Not sure
39%
39%
21%
1%
"Would you favor or oppose repealing and eliminating this new health care law?"
"In general, do you support, oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reforms that were passed by Congress in March?"
Support
Neither support nor oppose
Oppose
Don't know
40%
16%
41%
3%
"Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose a law that would require every American to have health insurance, or pay money to the government as a penalty if they do not, unless the person is very poor?"
Favor
Oppose
Neither favor nor oppose
Don't know
31%
59%
13%
3%
"Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose a law requiring insurance companies to sell health insurance to a person who is currently sick or has had a serious illness in the past, which would probably cause most Americans to pay more for health insurance?"
Favor
Oppose
Neither favor nor oppose
Don't know
50%
34%
17%
4%
"Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose a law saying that an insurance company cannot stop selling health insurance to one of their customers if that person gets a serious illness?"
4. Harvard / Kaiser Family Foundation (Jan. 4-14, 2011)
"As you may know, a health reform bill was signed into law early last year. Given what you know about the health reform law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?"
Generally favorable
Generally unfavorable
Don't know/refused
41%
50%
9%
"What would you like to see Congress do when it comes to the health care law?"
5. CNN / Opinion Research Corporation (Dec. 17-19, 2010)
"As you may know, a bill that makes major changes to the country's health care system became law earlier this year. Based on what you have read or heard about that legislation, do you generally favor or generally oppose it?"
Favor
Oppose
No opinion
43%
54%
3%
Now here are a few provisions in the health care bill. Please tell me whether you favor or oppose each one:
Favor
Oppose
No opinion
Requiring all Americans who do not have health insurance to get it
38%
60%
2%
Preventing health insurance companies from dropping coverage for people who become seriously ill
61%
39%
N/A
Preventing health insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions
"Which one of the following comes closest to what you would like to see lawmakers do with the new health care law -- would you like lawmakers to repeal the law entirely, repeal parts of the law, expand the law, or leave it as is?"
Repeal it entirely
Repeal parts of the law
Expand it
Leave it as it is
Don't know
Democrats
4%
29%
26%
28%
13%
Republicans
48%
32%
7%
9%
4%
Independents
30%
37%
12%
11%
9%
Total
27%
32%
15%
16%
9%
"Some Americans choose not to buy health insurance even though they can afford it. The president's plan requires all Americans who can afford it to have some form of health insurance or else pay a penalty. Failure to pay the penalty would result in an even larger fine, a jail sentence of up to one-year, or both. Do you think the government should be able to require all Americans who can afford it to have health insurance or pay a penalty, or not?"
"Taking everything into account, do you think the new healthcare law – goes too far, is about right, (or) does not go far enough?"
Goes too far
Is about right
Does not go far enough
No opinion
42%
20%
29%
8%
"Asked of those who say healthcare law goes too far: Would you like to see Congress – keep the health care law in place but scale it back considerably, repeal the healthcare law and start work on a new healthcare bill, (or) repeal the healthcare law and NOT pass a new healthcare bill?"
"Some Americans choose not to buy health insurance even though they can afford it. The president's plan requires all Americans who can afford it to have some form of health insurance or else pay a penalty. Failure to pay the penalty would result in an even larger fine, a jail sentence of up to one-year, or both. Do you think the government should be able to require all Americans who can afford it to have health insurance or pay a penalty, or not?"
"As of right now, do you generally support or generally oppose the health care proposals being discussed in Congress? Is that strongly or somewhat?"
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Total
Strongly support
4%
52%
20%
28%
Somewhat support
9%
23%
16%
18%
Somewhat oppose
14%
6%
10%
9%
Strongly oppose
66%
9%
38%
33%
"Do you think you and your family would be better off or worse off if the president and Congress passed health care reform, or don’t you think it would make much difference?"
"Beside the economy, which of these domestic policy areas do you want the President and Congress to concentrate on MOST right now - health care, energy, education, or Social Security?"
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Health care
22%
51%
26%
Energy
16%
9%
21%
Education
26%
17%
23%
Social security
19%
14%
18%
Something else / combination
12%
8%
94%
Don't know
5%
1%
3%
"Would you be willing or not willing to pay higher taxes so that all Americans have health insurance they can't lose, no matter what?"
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, April, 6, 2009