Poll Results: Health care reform

October 02, 2013, 1:17 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Economist survey of 1000 US adults interviewed September 28 - 30, 2013 on Obamacare and Congressional Republicans' attempt to delay the law. The results show that are split on whether or not they support the law, while many are unsure of exactly what is in the law. The margin of error is 4.5%.

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Which outcome is the most important to you?
Stopping Obamacare – but only if the federal government isn’t shutdown temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Stopping Obamacare – even if that means shutting down the federal government temporarily . . . . . 34%
Keeping Obamacare – even if that means shutting down the federal government temporarily . . . . . .26%
Keeping Obamacare – but only if the federal government isn’t shutdown temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . .11%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19%

Which of the following three statements comes closest to expressing your overall view of the health care reform law?
On the whole, the health care reform law is the best law that could be passed by the Congress at the time. .19%
There are some good things in the health care reform law, but it could be significantly better. . . . . . . .42%
The health care reform law has so much wrong with it that it should be repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39%