AP poll suggests growing support for healthcare law

[RamboLiberal]

Source: The Hill

The Obama administration is touting a new Associated Press-GfK poll that suggests growing support for the healthcare reform law. The poll notes that while Americans remain divided — with 45 percent in favor of the new law and 42 percent opposed — support has been growing steadily since reform was signed into law in March; just last month, opponents still outnumbered supporters 46 percent to 39.

"The Obama administration has been working diligently to implement the new legislation," notes a White House official, "with the president and his team acting quickly and carefully to deliver the benefits of reform to the American people and answer their questions."

In particular, The Associated Press reports, support has been growing since May among men (from 36 percent to 46 percent in favor), working-age Americans between 30 and 49 years old (from 35 percent to 49) and even Republicans (8 percent to 17).


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/politics-elections/103777-ap-poll-suggests-growing-support-for-healthcare-law

[davidinalameda]

1. this is really good news

shows that people aren't buying all the lies from the right wingers

[sinkingfeeling]

2. +1

[pinboy3niner]

3. K&R

This is a significant shift in public opinion.

:kick:

[superconnected]

4. Finally. What do we get without it - what we have now - completely unaffordable health care and no

regulation.

What do we get with it - some can afford health care and the first price regulation in American health care, ever. Owww, that's so bad. But, then all of those other countries that finally did give free (taxed) health care did end up capping and controlling the providers.

It's a start which is better than what we have now - nothing and no control over the prices and whether they'll pay even if we have insurance. The people who think they have health care and paid their benefits are finding all too often that their health care refuses to pony up for their treatments and suddenly dumps them as a client even though they've paid on time all along - as a systematic purging of people with ailments like cancer and needing an organ replacement.

[Kind of Blue]

5. "...and even Republicans (8 % to 17)." Not bad.

KnR

[davidinalameda]

12. I liked that too

shows that some republicans have put the kool-aid cup down

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Excellent.

The law will make health care better.

[rfranklin]

7. Well, that's it! We are now officially a socialist country!

None too soon as far as I am concerned. Let's keep it rolling.

[Desertrose]

8. You're kidding...right?

This country? Socialist? Not even close.

(AFAIC...it'd be a good thing if we were.)

[rfranklin]

9. It's good for a laugh, isn't it?

Just parroting the teabaggers.

[Scuba]

10. Don't forget, many who oppose the bill do so because it doesn't go far enough!

[yurbud]

11. that's what screws up these polls entirely. It should have three choices: too far, about right...

and not far enough.

[Scuba]

13. Most polls are designed to shape opinion, not measure it.