Most Americans oppose health law, but favour its provisions
Fifty-six per cent of people are against the healthcare overhaul and 44% favour it, according to the online poll conducted from Tuesday through Saturday. The survey results suggest that Republicans are convincing voters to reject Obama's reform even when they like much of what is in it, such as allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26.
Strong majorities favour most of what is in the law. A glaring exception to the popular provisions is the "individual mandate," which forces all US residents to own health insurance.
Sixty-one per cent of Americans are against the mandate, the issue at the center of the Republicans' contention that the law is unconstitutional, while 39% favour it.
"That's really the thing that has come to define the (reform) and is the thing that could potentially allow the Supreme Court to dismantle it if they decide it's not constitutional," Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson said.
In good news for Republicans at November's congressional elections, 45% said they were more likely to vote for a member of Congress who campaigned on a platform of repealing the law, versus 26% who said it would make them less likely, the survey showed. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the 2010 healthcare reform, Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, this week, possibly
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