Health Care Poll

Polling the ACA

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.26.2012

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Jared Bernstein

In terms of public opinion, then, I think you get less insight from a poll question behind the headline -- "do you approve or disapprove of the health care law that was enacted in 2010?" -- than from specific, immediately understandable parts of the bill.

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Massachusetts Health Plan Launched Under Mitt Romney Gets High Marks

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A large majority of Massachusetts residents are satisfied with the commonwealth's subsidized health plan, which has components ...

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Health Care Poll Finds Decreased Republican Support For Full Repeal

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feeling...

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US-Obama Approval: 46% Approve, 51% Disapprove (Democracy Corps/Resurgent Republic 10/2-3)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democracy Corps (D) and Resurgent Republic (R) 10/2-3/10; 1,000 2008 voters, 3.1% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews Democracy Corps rel...

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US-Health Care: 42% Favorable, 40% Unfavorable (Kaiser 11/3-6)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kaiser Family Foundation 11/3-6/10; 1,502 adults, 3% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews Kaiser release National As you may know, a new ...

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Amanda Terkel

Poll: Majority Of Voters More Likely To Back Candidates Who Supported Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute bucks the conventional wisdom that voters are overwhelmingly mad about health care reform and t...

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AP Poll: Repeal? Many Wish Health Reform Went Further

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and Republicans believe their call for repeal will help them ...

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Health Care Reform: Support For New Law Hits Record High (POLL)

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The vital signs are improving for President Barack Obama's health care plan. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll on Obama's top d...

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New Health Care Poll Shows Only FOUR PERCENT Of Americans Don't Want Health Care To Change At ALl

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON � Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan coope...

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Neera Tanden: Democrat Polling Obsession Is Killing Health Care Reform, Says Former Obama Health Advisor

The New Republic | Neera Tanden | Posted 05.25.2011

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What can defeat health care reform? Polls--or more specifically, Democratic politicians misreading them. Most of the data that crosses their desks the...

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Health Care Poll: Support For A Public Option At An All Time High

MSNBC | Mark Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moves forward crafting a Senate health-care bill that contains a public option -- with a state "opt out" -- the l...

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Democrats May Suffer If They Fail To Pass Health Care Legislation: Poll

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats may face severe political consequences in the polls next year if they fail to pass health care reform legislation. A new survey from Public ...

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Health Care Poll: AP Finds Growing Support For Overhaul

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The fever has broken. The patient is out of intensive care. But if you're President Barack Obama, you can't stop pacing the waiting...

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Americans Increasingly Worried About Losing Health Care Coverage: Poll

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a ...

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Public Option Opt-Out Not Favored By Americans: AP Poll

The Associated Press | Erica Werner | Posted 05.25.2011

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More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press pol...

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Poll: 60% Support Public Option

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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The survey of 2,999 households by Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO)(TRI.N) shows a public skeptical about the cost, quality and accessibility of medical c...

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Health Care Poll: Majority Wants Public Option Over Bipartisanship

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Okay, this is important: The new Washington Post poll finally asks people about their cravings for bipartisanship in the right way, and its finding re...

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Majority Favors Dem-Only Health Bill With Public Option Over Bipartisan Bill Without: Poll

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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A majority of Americans prefer that Congress pass a Democrat-only health care bill that includes a public option over a bipartisan bill that does not,...

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Poll: Public Option Favored By 65% Of Americans

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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A New York Times/CBS poll found that 65% of respondents want a public health care option, while only 26% opposed such a plan. However, respondents s...

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It's Time to Really Engage Americans in Health Reform

Daniel Yankelovich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Yankelovich

Research shows that Americans, when they have a chance to work through the choices in health care reform, are far more willing to make tradeoffs than town hall meetings would suggest.

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FACT CHECK: Health overhaul myths taking root

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The judgment is harsh in a new poll that finds Americans worried about the government taking over health insurance, cutting off tre...

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For Democrats, the Future Hinges on Health Care

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sahil Kapur

During the August recess, Democrats need to hash out a real solution and push it with conviction. Their party will not recover from another failure of this magnitude.

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Washington Post Can't Read Its Health Care Poll, Either

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Scher

Are the biggest opponents of health care reform the nation's headline writers?

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Most Americans Want Health Reform But Worry About Costs, Quality

Washington Post | Ceci Connolly and Jon Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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A majority of Americans see government action as critical to controlling runaway health-care costs, but there is broad public anxiety about the potent...

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