Repeal of Health Care Law Coming???

[Mags]

It might sound crazy to some (and I don't believe it could actually happen) but.....

My guess is that the reform bill will continue to get more unpopular, as people start to see the tax increases kick in before the true "benefits" do - the guaranteed issue world of 2014 (which is the best part of the bill, in my opinion).

If this 63% wanting repeal gets up to, say 75%, then I'd bet for sure it will get repealed. It will be used to drive voter response - and enough of this 63% are independent voters which are a large enough group to drive election results.

One more thing for ALL of you - watch the markets very close towards the end of 2012. Due to the unearned income tax that was included in the health care reform bill - an additional 3.8% of income over $250,000 - I'll bet you'll see a selloff in late 2012, as people try to avoid the additional tax. Granted, the TAX itself won't affect most of us, but the drop in stock prices that will likely result surely will - especially if one will need to liquidate any positions in early 2013. Just something for y'all to remember...... I'm sure this issue will be discussed ad nauseum prior to the 2012 elections and will be a huge issue....


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63% Favor Repeal of National Health Care Plan

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Support for repeal of the new national health care plan has jumped to its highest level ever. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March.

Prior to today, weekly polling had shown support for repeal ranging from 54% to 58%.

Currently, just 32% oppose repeal.

The new findings include 46% who Strongly Favor repeal of the health care bill and 25% who Strongly Oppose it.

While opposition to the bill has remained as consistent since its passage as it was beforehand, this marks the first time that support for repeal has climbed into the 60s. It will be interesting to see whether this marks a brief bounce or indicates a trend of growing opposition.

Thirty-three percent (33%) of voters now believe the health care plan will be good for the country, down six points from a week ago and the lowest level of confidence in the plan to date. Fifty-five percent (55%) say it will be bad for the nation. Only three percent (3%) think it will have no impact.

The Political Class continues to be a strong supporter of the plan, however. While 67% of Mainstream voters believe the plan will be bad for America, 77% of the Political Class disagree and think it be good for the country.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on May 22-23, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC

 

[kcwolf]

For information, you may want to read this also.

Press Release

INDIANAPOLIS ? Fifty-eight percent of Americans (96 percent of Republicans, 10 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of Independents) support repealing the health care reform legislation that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March, according to a new national survey conducted April 6 - 10 by researchers from Indiana University?s Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR).

Americans 18 to 34 years of age were most supportive of repealing the legislation with more than 70 percent supporting its repeal.


?This is somewhat surprising given that some of the most vocal opposition to reform in the past came from older Americans while younger individuals seemed less opposed,? said Aaron Carroll, M.D., director of CHPPR. ?While at first glance these findings may seem to tell a clear story, results from other portions of the survey demonstrate that the repeal question may be less about actual policy goals than previously thought,? he added.


?Many have assumed that those advocating for repeal in polls wanted Congress to take no action on health-care reform until the law was abolished. However, we find that 48 percent of Americans actually are supportive of Congress continuing to work on health care system reforms as opposed to focusing on any other topic,? said Dr. Carroll. ?In fact, 51 percent of those who supported repealing the legislation also were in favor of Congress continuing to work on health care system reforms.?


When asked how imperative they thought it was for Congress to work on ?establishment of a public option that would give individuals a choice between government-provided health insurance or private health insurance? in the upcoming legislative session, 67 percent of Americans rated this as important.


This finding is even more striking given the fact that 59 percent of all those in favor of repeal rated the public option as important. Moreover, so did 67 percent of all Republicans and 59 percent of all Independents.


?It may be that the repeal question is more of a surrogate for whether people support the platform of the Republican party,? said Dr. Carroll, ?rather than how they want Congress to devote its time. Further work is needed to see if that is true.?


CHPPR will be conducting a follow-up survey to try and answer this question.


In addition to gauging public support for the repeal of the health care legislation, the current survey also asked about areas on which Congress should focus in the upcoming legislative session. Respondents showed overwhelming support, regardless of political affiliation, for Congressional attention to federal deficit reduction (82 percent of Americans) as well as reform of financial system regulation (73 percent of Americans) in the upcoming legislative session. Falling lowest on the list of issues was addressing climate change, with only 32 percent of Americans finding this to be an issue of importance. Other topics polled included reforms to the pharmaceutical industry (60 percent), the medical malpractice system (55 percent), and immigration (54 percent).

Dr. Carroll is an associate professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine and a Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist.

CHPPR is housed within the IU School of Medicine on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. The Center performs quick turnaround research on the topics of health-care financing, the uninsured, medical education/training, and ethical, professional and legal issues pertaining to physician practice. It is the goal of the Center to serve as an objective source of information for both policymakers and health care professionals.

 

[Mags]

For information, you may want to read this also.

Press Release

INDIANAPOLIS ? Fifty-eight percent of Americans (96 percent of Republicans, 10 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of Independents) support repealing the health care reform legislation that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March, according to a new national survey conducted April 6 - 10 by researchers from Indiana University?s Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR).

Americans 18 to 34 years of age were most supportive of repealing the legislation with more than 70 percent supporting its repeal.


?This is somewhat surprising given that some of the most vocal opposition to reform in the past came from older Americans while younger individuals seemed less opposed,? said Aaron Carroll, M.D., director of CHPPR. ?While at first glance these findings may seem to tell a clear story, results from other portions of the survey demonstrate that the repeal question may be less about actual policy goals than previously thought,? he added.


?Many have assumed that those advocating for repeal in polls wanted Congress to take no action on health-care reform until the law was abolished. However, we find that 48 percent of Americans actually are supportive of Congress continuing to work on health care system reforms as opposed to focusing on any other topic,? said Dr. Carroll. ?In fact, 51 percent of those who supported repealing the legislation also were in favor of Congress continuing to work on health care system reforms.?


When asked how imperative they thought it was for Congress to work on ?establishment of a public option that would give individuals a choice between government-provided health insurance or private health insurance? in the upcoming legislative session, 67 percent of Americans rated this as important.


This finding is even more striking given the fact that 59 percent of all those in favor of repeal rated the public option as important. Moreover, so did 67 percent of all Republicans and 59 percent of all Independents.


?It may be that the repeal question is more of a surrogate for whether people support the platform of the Republican party,? said Dr. Carroll, ?rather than how they want Congress to devote its time. Further work is needed to see if that is true.?


CHPPR will be conducting a follow-up survey to try and answer this question.


In addition to gauging public support for the repeal of the health care legislation, the current survey also asked about areas on which Congress should focus in the upcoming legislative session. Respondents showed overwhelming support, regardless of political affiliation, for Congressional attention to federal deficit reduction (82 percent of Americans) as well as reform of financial system regulation (73 percent of Americans) in the upcoming legislative session. Falling lowest on the list of issues was addressing climate change, with only 32 percent of Americans finding this to be an issue of importance. Other topics polled included reforms to the pharmaceutical industry (60 percent), the medical malpractice system (55 percent), and immigration (54 percent).

Dr. Carroll is an associate professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine and a Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist.

CHPPR is housed within the IU School of Medicine on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. The Center performs quick turnaround research on the topics of health-care financing, the uninsured, medical education/training, and ethical, professional and legal issues pertaining to physician practice. It is the goal of the Center to serve as an objective source of information for both policymakers and health care professionals.

Thanks KC - it is always interesing to see other perspectives. It is clear that America does not like the reforms the way they are now - many people want different things instead - some want the Public option, some do not want the individual mandate, some don't want the massive increase in goverment that will result.

Which makes me wonder if there is ANY bill that the public would support via a majority. May very well not be......

 

[kcwolf]

I think you are right Mags, seems many issues are to hard to tackle in Congress right now. I know there is alot of blame to share. I was very disappointed with the new health reform law. It doesn't look like there are good solutions with so much money to sway opinions. And polarization on all sides needs to slow down.

 

[Mags]

I think you are right Mags, seems many issues are to hard to tackle in Congress right now. I know there is alot of blame to share. I was very disappointed with the new health reform law. It doesn't look like there are good solutions with so much money to sway opinions. And polarization on all sides needs to slow down.

Very true - all of it.

It still amazes me that, Obama was billed as a person who would be a uniter as a president - and he is the most polarizing president in history (based on polling).

Now that statement is a bit dramatic - I doubt if they had a lot of polling going on when good 'ole Abe Lincoln was president.

But I thought that Obama would have been more middle - and less big government. That approach would have been probably ok, if we weren't in the financial crisis that we are in.

It is actually encouraging that people really care about the massive debt and government spending - because they know it will hurt future generations - their children. At least SOME of the country is thinking long term - just not our leaders in the House/Senate/White House.

At least the way things are going, it gives us a lot to talk about on the political forums!

 

[kcwolf]

Very true - all of it.

It still amazes me that, Obama was billed as a person who would be a uniter as a president - and he is the most polarizing president in history (based on polling).

Now that statement is a bit dramatic - I doubt if they had a lot of polling going on when good 'ole Abe Lincoln was president.

But I thought that Obama would have been more middle - and less big government. That approach would have been probably ok, if we weren't in the financial crisis that we are in.

It is actually encouraging that people really care about the massive debt and government spending - because they know it will hurt future generations - their children. At least SOME of the country is thinking long term - just not our leaders in the House/Senate/White House.

At least the way things are going, it gives us a lot to talk about on the political forums!

Well said.