More bad news for Obama and the Liberal Democrat leaders.
Rasmussen reports 61 percent of voters say cost is the biggest health care problem facing the nation, while just 21% believe the lack of universal health insurance coverage is a bigger problem:
- Given a choice between health care reform and a tax hike or no health care reform and no tax hike, 47% would prefer to avoid the tax hike and do without reform. Forty-one percent (41%) take the opposite view.
- The opposition is stronger when asked about a choice between health care reform that would require changing existing health insurance coverage or no health care reform and no change from current coverage. In that case, voters oppose reform by a 54% to 32% margin.
- Also, by a 50% to 35% margin, Americans oppose the creation of a government insurance company to compete with private insurers.
There is of course the usual partisan divide, but the Independents are with the Republicans:
- On the question of the biggest health care problem, Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly say cost is number one. While Democrats lean in that direction, they are much more evenly divided. Fifty-two percent (52%) of those in President Obama’s party say cost is the top concern, but 35% think it’s the lack of universal coverage.
- On the trade-off with taxes, 73% of Democrats would rather have reform and a tax hike while 79% of Republicans say the opposite. As for unaffiliateds, they side with the GOP by a 50% to 30% margin.
- On the trade-off between reform and keeping your current insurance coverage, Democrats opt for reform by a two-to-one margin. Unaffiliated voters prefer keeping their existing insurance coverage by two-to-one. Republicans overwhelmingly prefer to maintain their current insurance.
Why do Obama and his Liberal Democrats think they can tax, borrow and spend without limit? The new Rasmussen polling makes it clear that most Americans do not agree with Obama's rush and spend change.
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