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Health Policy

...Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Feb. 17-18, 2010. N=1,009 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.6 (for all adults).
"Now thinking about the issue of HEALTH CARE REFORM, please tell me if you approve or disapprove of the way each of the following is handling this issue. Do you approve or disapprove of the way [see below] is/are handling health care reform?"
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	"Barack Obama"
	2/17-18/10	39	52	9
	"Democrats in Congress"
	2/17-18/10	27	61	12
	"Republicans in Congress"
	2/17-18/10	21	63	16
"As you may know, Barack Obama has proposed a plan to change this country's health care system. From what you have seen or heard about what he has proposed, what is your OVERALL opinion of Obama's health care reform plan -– do you favor it or oppose it?"
		Favor	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	40	49	11
	Republicans	15	78	7
	Democrats	72	17	11
	Independents	26	62	12
"Now I'm going to read you some SPECIFIC proposals people have made to change the health care system. As I read each one, please tell me if you personally favor or oppose this change. Here's the first/next proposal. . . ."
		Favor	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	"Creating a new insurance marketplace –- the Exchange -- that allows people without health insurance to compare plans and buy insurance at competitive rates"
	2/17-18/10	81	13	6
	"Requiring health insurance companies to cover anyone who applies, even if they have a pre-existing medical condition"
	2/17-18/10	76	19	5
	"Requiring most businesses to offer health insurance to their employees, with tax incentives for small business owners to do so"
	2/17-18/10	75	20	5
	"Requiring that all Americans have health insurance, with the government providing financial help to those who can't afford it"
	2/17-18/10	59	36	5
	"Preventing insurance companies from dropping coverage when people are sick"
	2/17-18/10	59	38	3
	"Creating a government-administered public health insurance option to compete with private plans"
	2/17-18/10	50	42	8
	"Imposing a tax on insurers who offer the most expensive health plans, the so-called Cadillac plans, to help pay for health care reform"
	2/17-18/10	34	55	11
	"If health coverage is required for everyone, imposing fines on individuals who don't obtain coverage and on larger businesses that don't offer it"
	2/17-18/10	28	62	10
"Now please think about the proposals I just described to you. ALL of these proposals are included in Barack Obama's health care reform plan. Having heard these details, what is your OVERALL opinion of Obama's plan -- do you favor it or oppose it?"
		Favor	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	48	43	9
	Republicans	18	74	8
	Democrats	83	10	7
	Independents	34	57	9
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