Poll: Small Bump in Health Care Believers
CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.
A new CBS News poll shows Americans are giving President Obama credit for getting sweeping health care reform legislation passed in the House of Representatives on Sunday, and slightly more people now approve of the policy changes, but not quite a majority.
CBS re-interviewed 649 adults, initially questioned for a poll conducted March 18-21, on Monday and Tuesday following the House vote.
Of those re-interviewed, 47 percent said they approved of the job the President is doing on health care, up six points from the CBS News Poll conducted just prior to the House vote. However, views of his handling of health care were still mixed, with 48 percent saying they disapprove.
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Two in three Americans re-interviewed after the bill passed said the passage represents an accomplishment for the President - including more than half who saw it as a major accomplishment, up from 46 percent before Sunday's vote. Just 32 percent said it was not an accomplishment for Mr. Obama.
Most Democrats and half of independents said they viewed health care reform as a major accomplishment for President Obama. Few Republicans saw it that way.
Support for the bill itself has also risen five points since the House vote Sunday night. Before the vote, 37 percent of Americans approved of the bill while 48 percent disapproved. Now those same Americans are more closely divided, with 42 percent expressing approval and 46 percent disapproval. Still, a third "strongly" disapproves.
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It may take more time before Americans decide whether or not these reforms are advantageous to them personally, but the percentage that now say they don't think the bill will affect them has grown.
When re-interviewed, 43 percent said the reforms would not have much of an affect on them or their families - up eight points from 35 percent before the vote. Just 16 percent said the legislation would help them personally - down four points from before the vote.
For more results from this new CBS News Poll, tune into the CBS Evening News Wednesday night.
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This poll was conducted by telephone on March 22-23, 2010 among 649 adults first interviewed by CBS News March 18-21, 2010. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
Copyright 2010 CBS. All rights reserved. A new CBS News poll shows Americans are giving President Obama credit for getting sweeping health care reform legislation passed in the House of Representatives on Sunday, and slightly more people now approve of the policy changes, but not quite a majority.
CBS re-interviewed 649 adults, initially questioned for a poll conducted March 18-21, on Monday and Tuesday following the House vote.
Of those re-interviewed, 47 percent said they approved of the job the President is doing on health care, up six points from the CBS News Poll conducted just prior to the House vote. However, views of his handling of health care were still mixed, with 48 percent saying they disapprove.
Read the Complete Poll
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GOP Amendments Aim to Box-In Senate Dems
Complete Coverage: Health Care Reform
Two in three Americans re-interviewed after the bill passed said the passage represents an accomplishment for the President - including more than half who saw it as a major accomplishment, up from 46 percent before Sunday's vote. Just 32 percent said it was not an accomplishment for Mr. Obama.
Most Democrats and half of independents said they viewed health care reform as a major accomplishment for President Obama. Few Republicans saw it that way.
Support for the bill itself has also risen five points since the House vote Sunday night. Before the vote, 37 percent of Americans approved of the bill while 48 percent disapproved. Now those same Americans are more closely divided, with 42 percent expressing approval and 46 percent disapproval. Still, a third "strongly" disapproves.
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It may take more time before Americans decide whether or not these reforms are advantageous to them personally, but the percentage that now say they don't think the bill will affect them has grown.
When re-interviewed, 43 percent said the reforms would not have much of an affect on them or their families - up eight points from 35 percent before the vote. Just 16 percent said the legislation would help them personally - down four points from before the vote.
(CBS)
For more results from this new CBS News Poll, tune into the CBS Evening News Wednesday night.
More Coverage of Health Care Reform:
Summary of What's in the Bill
GOP Looks to Courts, Polls to Repeal Health Care Bill
Obama Has Work Cut Out for Him to Sell Health Care Bill
Marc Ambinder: Nine Events That Led to Passage of Health Care Reform
The Historic Health Care Push: A Look Back
This poll was conducted by telephone on March 22-23, 2010 among 649 adults first interviewed by CBS News March 18-21, 2010. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
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I am disappointed but not shocked at the reprehensible behavior of the tea party hoodlums and the petty behavior of the republican legislators that make two-year-olds in full tantrum mode look like adults in comparison.
I'm a novelist and memoirist who has written internationally bestselling books, as well as stories that are taught in university creative writing classes. And my work has been nominated for awards you've heard of. The reason I tell you this is that, as a self-employed person, I have not been able to purchase health insurance for almost 20 years.
I am 57 years old and, I hope, in quite good health. The last time I tried to buy insurance was 10 years ago and I was told by a Blue Cross underwriter that he would not underwrite me because I'd been prescribed an anti-depressant. "It's been proven," he said, "that people who take Prozac jump off of buildings."
Today, approaching 60, if an insurance "provider" chose to underwrite me, my premiums would exceed $1,500 each month. That's more money than I make a month, doing work that means something to hundreds of thousands of people. And the amount of money I torture forth from my gut is pretty typical for a working artist, regardless of the artist's field of endeavor.
I'm elated that healthcare reform legislation has been signed into law. As our uncommonly orward-looking, forward-understanding, forward-moving president has said, "It's the right thing to do." As a writer, I admire such understatement.
Did you ever hear about it? No? Don't you suppose it was actively suppressed by Democratic House leadership?
This "party of No" jibberish is a plain lie - unless you are referring to "No Socialism". I appreciate that sort of "party of No."
"[Re: Tom Price, R-GA and HR 3400]
Did you ever hear about it? No? Don't you suppose it was actively suppressed by Democratic House leadership?"
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Supposition is not fact. This bill likely did not effectively address the scope of reform needed. That would be the reason it was not moved forward, not some underhanded trickery as you imply (implication is a dishonest tactic as well).
You need to understand an important thing. The Republicans do not have the majority in Congress. This is not because the Democrats got to the Chamber first and took all the good seats -- it is because the PEOPLE VOTED and gave them the majority in our governance.
We spoke, we said -- let the Democrats have the leadership. You probably did not vote (D). That is your right and responsibility which is equal to mine and each of us. One vote.
Then the votes get tallied and somebody wins, somebody loses. The team that loses doesn't get to call the shots. But it sure would be nice if they tried to be responsible and at least suit up.
Calling the Republicans "the party of no" in this current Congress is not jibberish nor is it a plain lie -- it is a matter of opinion.
Oh by the way -- you can be happy, there isn't anything this current administration is doing that promotes socialism. Thinking otherwise is frankly, not thinking... just listening to those that oppose them for suspect reasons -- mostly, just to regain power by using folks like you.
stop the lies, hate and ignorance you ignorant sheep!
There are plenty examples of ramming legislation during the Bush administration. Many bills requested by the White House passed the House an Senate without debate. Now that is ramming.
I had a friend that had a heart attack and when he was released by the doctors his insurance company dropped him and he owns his on business. What a country, when you are down the rich stomp on you.