As With Medicare, Most Americans Oppose the Republicans’ Proposed Medicaid...
The House Republican proposal to overhaul Medicare was the issue that took center stage in Tuesday’s upset victory by a Democrat in a special election contest to fill an open congressional seat in a...
View ArticleExploring the Disconnect Between Public Opinion on Health Care Reform and...
One of the difficulties that polls have illustrated when it comes to health care reform is reconciling overall public opinion about it with how much those surveyed actually know about the provisions of...
View ArticleTexas and Massachusetts: A Study in Health Care Opposites
It won’t be any surprise if Rick Perry and other GOP candidates in Wednesday night’s debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library go after Mitt Romney for signing into law, as Massachusetts...
View ArticlePublic’s View of Health Care Reform Law Turns More Negative
Americans now have a significantly more negative view of the health care reform law, with the number of those who do see it favorably falling to its lowest point since it was passed in March 2010,...
View ArticleAttempts by Romney’s Opponents to Link Him to Obamacare Appear Not to Stick
All through the GOP presidential campaign, Mitt Romney’s opponents and conservative critics have likened the health care reform plan he put into place while governor of Massachusetts to the health care...
View ArticleThree-Quarters of Americans Say Supreme Court Justices Sometimes Let Ideology...
One of the ongoing debates about the Supreme Court, perhaps more so since nominations of justices became focal points for partisan battles, is the role the ideology of the justices play in their...
View ArticleObama’s Standing with Catholics Little Changed Despite Furor Over Birth...
Despite the harsh criticism of the Obama administration by Catholic leaders over a federal rule that would require employers, including religiously affiliated organizations, to provide birth control...
View ArticleAs the Health Care Battle Moves to the Supreme Court, Taking the Public’s...
Now that the Supreme Court has begun hearing three days of arguments on challenges to the 2010 health care law, it’s a good time to review the bidding on where public opinion stands. A new New York...
View ArticleObama Lead Over Romney Narrows; Close Contest Between Them on Handling...
The 12 point lead that President Obama enjoyed over Mitt Romney in a Pew Research Center poll last month has now narrowed to four points, and as a WashingtonPost/ABC News poll last week suggested, one...
View ArticlePublic Opinion Divided on Supreme Court Health Law Ruling; Democrats’...
Americans approved of the Supreme Court decision upholding the 2010 health care law by a narrow 47 percent to 43 percent plurality, but the ruling energized Democrats after weeks of concern that the...
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