Legislation to revamp the nation's health care system got a boost after the House approved a $1.2 trillion version of the bill over the weekend, but a Gallup Poll released today shows many Americans are still wary, at best, about how the proposal would affect the nation and their households.
Forty-one percent of Americans believe the U.S. health care system would improve if the legislation pending in Congress passes while 40% say it would get worse, according to the new poll. Fourteen percent said the bill would not make much difference.
Asked how the proposals would affect their own health care situation, 26% said "improve," 31% responded "not much difference" and 36% said "worse."
Interestingly, 38% say they would advise their member of Congress to vote against the legislation -- about the same as the 40% who reached that conclusion on a similar Gallup Poll in September. The share of people who would tell their lawmaker to support the bill dropped to 29% in this recent poll, compared with 38% in September.
There was a large increase -- from 22% to 33% -- in the percentage of people who said they would have no opinion on the health care bill if they came face to face with their representative.
The survey was conducted Nov. 5-8, meaning that Saturday's health care vote in the House fell smack in the middle of the polling. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Forty-one percent of Americans believe the U.S. health care system would improve if the legislation pending in Congress passes while 40% say it would get worse, according to the new poll. Fourteen percent said the bill would not make much difference.
Asked how the proposals would affect their own health care situation, 26% said "improve," 31% responded "not much difference" and 36% said "worse."
Interestingly, 38% say they would advise their member of Congress to vote against the legislation -- about the same as the 40% who reached that conclusion on a similar Gallup Poll in September. The share of people who would tell their lawmaker to support the bill dropped to 29% in this recent poll, compared with 38% in September.
There was a large increase -- from 22% to 33% -- in the percentage of people who said they would have no opinion on the health care bill if they came face to face with their representative.
The survey was conducted Nov. 5-8, meaning that Saturday's health care vote in the House fell smack in the middle of the polling. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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