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Poll: Voters “mostly disapprove” of health care overhaul
With the Senate preparing for a possible Christmas Eve vote on health care overhaul, voters across the country “mostly disapprove” of the plan, 53-36 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
The poll also found voters disapproving of President Barack Obama’s handling of the health care issue, 56-38 percent.
On a third health care issue, voters opposed, by a 72-23 percent margin, using any public money from the health care overhaul to pay for abortions.
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Obama also got bad marks on the economy. Voters disapproved his handling of the economy, 51-44 percent and also disapproved how he is trying to create jobs, 56-37 percent.
However, they favored, by a 52-42 percent margin, the president’s plan to use $200 million left over from the bank bailout to pay for a new stimulus package to create jobs, rather than to reduce the deficit.
“While the Senate leadership reportedly has the votes to pass a health care overhaul plan this week, outside the (Washington) Beltway there appears to be weak support, both to what voters understand of the plan, and the need to pass the plan now,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release.
The poll was taken from Dec. 15 to Sunday, Dec. 20 with 1,616 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
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By Jim
December 25, 2009 10:45 PM | Link to this
HowRad, I see you’re now a part of the lunatic fringe with this death panel nonsense. Let me guess, you’re a Sarah Palin fan.
By HowRad
December 22, 2009 8:45 PM | Link to this
The bill is about control and pulling the rug out from under the seniors so the government relieve themselves of the responibilities of social programs. They will gladly have you die off now so they don’t have to pay you later.
By Jim
December 22, 2009 7:09 PM | Link to this
Leslie, Not everyone who is against this bill is a conservative. There are many progressives who are now opposed to this bill since the public option is off the table. I’m sure that a big chunk of that 53% are progressives.
By william ayers
December 22, 2009 10:46 AM | Link to this
BEN NELSON FROM NEB IS HAPPY. IS THIS THE MOST CORRUPT ADMIN IN HISTORY. VOTERS MOSTLY APPROVE OF THIS BILL IS BALONEY/
By Leslie
December 22, 2009 10:39 AM | Link to this
Where’s all the Obamacare supporters to deny this poll?
By frdm
December 22, 2009 9:54 AM | Link to this
And our Senators are working for what the people want? Don’t thing so. Vote them all out of office!
By frdm
December 22, 2009 9:54 AM | Link to this
And our Senators are working for what the people want? Don’t thing so. Vote them all out of office!
By Roscoe
December 22, 2009 9:14 AM | Link to this
The sad thing is the current bill does not even address the 2 things that most need reform. The insurance and drug industries. They’ll just keep getting richer and we’ll just keep having less options…..status quo