Obama's Ratings Remain High Despite Some Policy Concerns: Section 2: Opinions About Health Care - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press (http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1534 - broken link)
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As health care reform legislation moves forward in Washington, the political environment is somewhat different than the last time a major overhaul of the health care system was attempted sixteen years ago. In early 1993 the sense of a health care crisis was far more widespread than it is today – a 55% majority in 1993 said they felt the health care system needed to be “completely rebuilt” compared with 41% today. Health care costs were also a broader problem in 1993 – 63% of Americans said paying for the cost of a major illness was a “major problem” for them, compared with 48% currently.
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I guess obama needs to ramp up the fear-mongering and rhetoric for UHC. Opinions are much softer now, even with all the bloviating, than they were in 1993.
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Support for a complete rebuilding of the health care system is lower than in early 1993 among all partisan groups. Today, 53% of Democrats, 38% of independents and 28% of Republicans support completely rebuilding the health care system. In April of 1993, 70% of Democrats, 55% of independents, and 41% of Republicans supported completely rebuilding the system.
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This will not sit well with obama.
Very interesting results in this poll. You would think that will all the sky-is-falling BS, more people would be in favor.
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