The KFF has released a summary of their latest polling data (December polling). While the general public seems split regarding the health reform act as a whole, it seems most people favor all the components except one – the individual mandate. This is much different than the impression found in the media.
In other words, there is substantial public support for 5 of 6 key reform components.
In other words, there is substantial public support for 5 of 6 key reform components.
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8131.pdfSurveys also suggest that observers use caution in interpreting what Americans mean when they say they favor repeal. As was true in December, Kaiser’s November Health Tracking Poll found roughly half the public in favor of repealing at least parts of the health reform law. But asked to say whether each of six specific provisions should be repealed, majorities wanted to keep five of them. For example, more than seven in ten said lawmakers should keep provisions that provide tax credits to small businesses (78 percent), gradually close the Medicare doughnut hole (72 percent), prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre‐existing conditions (71 percent), and provide financial help to lower‐income Americans to help them purchase coverage (71 percent). Fewer, but still more than half (54 percent), supported keeping increases in the Medicare payroll tax on upper income Americans. The only exception among the provisions considered: the individual mandate, which two‐thirds of Americans (68 percent) wanted to see repealed.