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CNN: 56% Still Oppose HC Bill

By Philip Klein on 12.21.09 @ 12:17PM

A new CNN poll finds an uptick in support for the Senate health care bill (coming mostly from Democrats), but Americans still overwhelmingly oppose the legislation.

Released today, the poll finds that Americans oppose health care legislation by a 56 percent to 42 percent margin, which is an improvement from the 61 percent to 36 percent opposition in a poll released earlier this month.

According to CNN Polling Director Keating Holland: "Virtually all the increase in support for the Senate health care bill has come from Democrats, with a 10-point increase since early December."

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Matthew watson| 12.21.09 @ 12:37PM

In my opinion do try to fix what is not broke. What is the point of having government health care when so many people oppose it. Our government connot force this bill onto Americans without a majority of the people wanting it. It is unconstitutional for the government to force all Americans to do something they don't want a part of.

Liberal Reader| 12.21.09 @ 4:29PM

I don't think you guys are reading these polls properly.

To be sure, a large number of Americans oppose the overall plan and everything about it.

But a sizeable portion of those saying they disapprove of this legislation are people who favor a public option or single payer.

ds80| 12.22.09 @ 10:37AM

There you go again, in typical liberal fashion, with the old liberal answer to everything: "single payer" = "let someone else pay for it".

martin j smith| 12.22.09 @ 8:10AM

If CNN polls gave 56% dissaproval then it is worse than that--far worse. And, also if on the other hand it were the other way around conventional wisdom would hold that there would be muuuuuuuuuuccccchhhhhhhhhhh more transparency in this gig, true ? I think it is.