AP-GfK Poll: Opposition to health care law eases (AP)

Public opinion on health care law rises
Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear diminished. The law expands coverage to more than 30 million Uninsured, and would require, for the first time, that most people in the United States carry Health Insurance. The poll finds that 40 percent of those surve...

Health care opponents' passion cools, poll finds
(01-17) 04:00 PST Washington - -- As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the Health Care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear d...

Health care overhaul's foes ease back from opposition
Related: Question looms on WTC health act: Who is covered? WASHINGTON • As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the Health Care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds that raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but...

Public opposition to health overhaul seen as easing
WASHINGTON — House Republicans plan this week to fulfill a Tea Party movement priority: trying to Repeal the Health Care law passed by Democrats last year. But the pace and Rhetoric of the drive have cooled in recent days, with lawmakers shaken by the attack on a colleague who backed the new law. GOP leaders acknowledge that the Senate is certain to block a Repeal of the health overhaul championed by President Obama, but they vowed to make good on their resolution to challenge it in the R...

Opposition to health care law appears less vehement
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers return to the Health Care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds that raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the lowest level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear diminished. The law expands coverage to more ...

Is Opinion Shifting On Health Care?
Posted by John at 11:53 AM This Associated Press-GfK poll on Health Care has gotten a great deal of media attention. Here is how the AP characterizes its own findings: As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the Health Care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registere...

Poll shows raw feelings easing over health law
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the Health Care debate in Congress, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. Americans are divided over the law, but the strength ...

Will Dems Showcase Restraint During Health Care Repeal Debate?
Congressional Democrats have the rare opportunity to immediately put their Rhetoric into practice this week, as the House begins discussing the Repeal of ObamaCare. In the wake of the heinous shooting attack against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Liberal Democrats around the country blamed "violent rhetoric" from the Right for creating an environment in which the Tucson shooting was an inevitable outcome. On Jan. 8, Giffords was shot in the head outside a Safeway during her annual "Congress o...

Paul Krugman, Logician
Fresh from falsely accusing Conservatives of inciting mass Murder with metaphors, Paul Krugman has now taken to accusing us of launching a war on logic. He has come to this conclusion, he notes in today’s column, because Conservatives insist that the health-care bill enacted last year will not reduce the Deficit, and that repealing it will. Krugman points to a House Republican analysis of the costs of the health-care bill and then insists that the first and foremost argument in that analys...

House GOP Prepares to Override Wishes of 70%+ of Americans on Health Care
This week, House Republican'ts are planning to vote on repealing Health Care reform Legislation. Of course, the whole thing's a charade, for two reasons: 1) it has no chance of getting through the Senate or being signed into law by President Obama; 2) Republicans have no Health Care plan of their own (not counting the one they're about to vote on, which is largely modeled after the Republicans' 1993/94 alternative to what they called "Hillarycare"). But be that as it may, Republicans are moving...

Ten benefits Americans will lose if health care reform is repealed
This week the Republicans in the House of Representatives are expected to vote on a bill that would Repeal all of the Health Care reform package passed last year by the Democrats.  The Republicans have offered nothing to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying they will instead figure out new solutions in the coming months.  While the prospects for Repeal grow much dimmer in the Senate, anything that passes out of the House at least has to be considered seriously.  In addition, Re...

Only 1 In 4 Americans Want Health Care Repeal; 43% Want Stronger Reform
The poll finds that 40 percent of those surveyed said they support the law, while 41 percent oppose it. Just after the November congressional Elections, opposition stood at 47 percent and support was 38 percent. As for Repeal, only about one in four say they want to do away with the law completely. Among Republicans support for repeal has dropped sharply, from 61 percent after the elections to 49 percent now. Also, 43 percent say they want the law changed so it does more to re-engineer the healt...

Obama health care reform: Is it really 'job killing'?
More than a year’s worth of GOP scare tactics about Health Care reform now appear to be unfounded, partisan politics. There were no Death Panels, as Sarah Palin claimed. It is not a ‘job killing’ bill, as House Speaker, John Boehner claims. In reality, Health Care reform will actually create jobs in the Health Care industry. Furthermore, Congressional Budget Office data finds that Obama care will reduce the federal Deficit. Politico reports health Insurance Industry insiders ar...

Column: Looking back at health-care reform from 2030
Good morning, class. Today's topic, as you know, is "The Evolution of the American Health-Care System" between 2010 and 2030. Before we begin, either turn off your iGlasses or make sure they're not set to holographically project whatever you're daydreaming. I did not like last week's glimpse into Alexa's subconscious. As you're aware, 2010 was a turning point for the American health-care system: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law. It was a clunky piece of legislat...

The Rights You Will Have with Obamacare
With the debate over the Repeal of Obamacare coming up, President Obama and his supporters in Congress are trying to calm the millions of Americans who strongly oppose the law by focusing only on its early sweeteners — including the right of 26-year-old “Children” to stay on their parents’ Insurance, the right to “free” preventive care, and the right of Uninsured people with preexisting conditions to buy coverage. While these provisions are all desirable, they...

ObamaCare repeal vote set for Wednesday
After putting off the vote for a week in the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Republicans are set to take up Repeal of ObamaCare on Wednesday: The House of Representatives will resume action next week on repealing President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday. […] “As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will resume thoughtful consideration of the Health Care bill...

GOP lacks clear health-care plan
With the House preparing to vote this week on whether to Repeal the health-care law, the chamber's new Republican majority is confronting a far more delicate task: forging its own path to expand medical coverage and curb costs. This Story GOP lacks clear health-care plan Democrats mount second sales pitch on health-care law as Republicans seek repeal House clears way for health-care Repeal vote GOP outlines plan to Repeal Health Care overhaul View All Items in This Story View Only Top Items i...

AP-GfK Poll: Opposition to health care law eases
Source: AP By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA WASHINGTON (AP) - As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the Health Care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the st...

GOP lawmaker targets key health reform provision
A powerful House Republican is setting in motion a congressional challenge to a key provision of the Healthcare Reform law. Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (R-Texas) is trying to build momentum for a Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to a recent Regulation that requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium dollars (85 percent in the large group market) on healthcare services. The House GOP majority is expected to approve Legislation Wednesday that would re...

AP-GfK Poll: Raw feelings ease over health law
FILE - In this March 27, 2010, file photo Virginia Paiva, of Providence, Protests against the Health Care Reform Bill recently signed into law by President Barack Obama during a rally in front of the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House the week of Jan. 16, 2011, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and inten ...

Repealing Health Care Reform: Bring It On
Democrats have been eagerly awaiting a debate on repealing the Affordable Care Act. And they have good reason: Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear diminished. The law expands coverage to more than 30 million Uninsured, and would require, for the first t...

The Health Care that Billionaires (and Non-Billionaires) Need
So Steve Jobs is taking medical leave from Apple. The man who built his company into a $320 billion colossus has suffered from Pancreatic Cancer, which spread to his liver — he received a liver transplant in 2009. Now, sadly, he is sick again. What do you think he’s thinking now? He’s probably not thinking to himself, “Thank God for Obamacare,” because Health Insurance is irrelevant to him, and to other Billionaires. Perhaps instead Jobs is thinking, “How come...

Should Democrats Give Up on the Individual Health Insurance Mandate?
The most Controversial part of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that, starting in 2014, almost everyone in the country has to buy Health Insurance. The left calls it a sop to Insurance Companies, the right calls it Unconstitutional, and polls show that the public opposes the requirement 2 to 1. Could the "Individual Mandate" disappear? And would that unravel the whole health-care reform law? House Republicans are poised this week to pass the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law A...

Health Care Poll Finds Decreased Republican Support For Full Repeal
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the Health Care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on Repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30 percent, close to the Lowest Level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear diminished...

McCain's Lament
To be fair this is probably the most gracious op-ed McCain has ever written. Most people are quoting the positive remarks he made about President Obama being a real American with the best interests of the country at heart. But much of it still falls into whiny old codger territory. Like this bit: Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character. Imagine how it must feel to have watched one week ago the incomprehen...