Poll: Idea of healthcare overhaul gets wide support
By David Ingram
WASHINGTON | Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:52pm EDT
(Reuters) - An overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system remains popular even though Americans are not enamored with the law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. The poll found that 44 percent of respondents favor the law, and that an additional 21 percent oppose it because it doesn't go far enough - for a total of 65 percent.
The rest, 35 percent, said they oppose the law and major changes to healthcare generally.
"People still very much hunger for something to fix the healthcare system," said Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson.
The poll results arrive as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to strike down the law's mandate that most Americans have health insurance. The court heard a third day of argument on Wednesday and is likely to issue a decision by late June.
If the court strikes down all or part of the measure, lawmakers would be left to sort through fallback options in a highly polarized political atmosphere ahead of the November 6 general election in which Obama seeks a second term.
(More here.)
WASHINGTON | Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:52pm EDT
(Reuters) - An overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system remains popular even though Americans are not enamored with the law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. The poll found that 44 percent of respondents favor the law, and that an additional 21 percent oppose it because it doesn't go far enough - for a total of 65 percent.
The rest, 35 percent, said they oppose the law and major changes to healthcare generally.
"People still very much hunger for something to fix the healthcare system," said Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson.
The poll results arrive as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to strike down the law's mandate that most Americans have health insurance. The court heard a third day of argument on Wednesday and is likely to issue a decision by late June.
If the court strikes down all or part of the measure, lawmakers would be left to sort through fallback options in a highly polarized political atmosphere ahead of the November 6 general election in which Obama seeks a second term.
(More here.)
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