Poll: More Americans Getting Behind Health Care Reform

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Friday, March 19, 2010 at 1:04 pm

The new poll, conducted by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation, found that 46 percent of Americans support the health reform bills moving on Capitol Hill, while 42 percent oppose them. Furthermore:

Six in 10 Americans say they have heard little or nothing about budget reconciliation. And many people continue to struggle with health costs, with nearly one in five saying cost increases have caused them or their employer to switch to a less comprehensive health plan.

Like yesterday’s CBO score, the figures fly directly in the face of Republican talking points, which claim that the Democrats’ reform bills not only would add to deficits, but are grossly unpopular among Americans.

h/t: The Hill.

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johnjones399
Comment posted March 19, 2010 @ 5:30 pm

Reconciliation has been used many times before, on important legislation. Why not now? The Congressional Budget Office has been quoted by Republicans when they were trying to pass bills through congress. Why are they questioning its facts that say that this health care bill reduces the deficit, and pays for itself?


Chris
Comment posted March 19, 2010 @ 5:49 pm

I definitely want the Health Care Bill to pass! It will help our country even if it costs me personally a few more dollars.


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Comment posted March 20, 2010 @ 4:33 am

It all stems from desperation because of the 2008 election. The GOP is in real trouble for the first time in a century. Their policies have failed. Miserably.
So, all that is left is what has been seen this last year. It will conceivably continue until they win a majority (unlikely) or fail totally as a party.


Bai Ding
Comment posted March 20, 2010 @ 7:05 pm

I am an immigrant from Mainland China. I worked my way to a full retirement and I paid for what I got today. I had no bilingual help. No welfare. I worked and I earned it. There is no reason to change that rule. America is a land of opportunity but not welfare. Those who think the US government should spend more tax payer's hard earned money to fill the need of a bottomless pit of dependency should try living in a Communist country. To rob the rich to pay the poor is a fantasy if not an excuse for a despot.


Kyle
Comment posted March 21, 2010 @ 7:03 pm

This Bill is too much government control. But tell me the benifit of having the Federal Government run anything? They have no accountability and are completely unorganized. How difficult is it to deal with the IRS? Forget that this bill is all wrong. How do you rationalize handing somthing this big to the government? Also, healthcare is available to everyone, but you have to pay for it. Why does anyone feel they don't have to pay for a good or service?


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