Friday, November 27, 2009

Opinion

Poll: Americans Favor Universal Healthcare, Just Not for Illegal Immigrants

Posted June 16, 2009
  • 65: Percentage of voters who believe that every American should have access to quality healthcare
  • 22: Percentage of voters who disagree
  • 12: Percentage of voters who aren't sure
  • 80: Percentage who oppose providing healthcare for illegal immigrants
  • 11: Percentage who support healthcare for illegal immigrants
  • 22: Percentage of the uninsured 46 million who live in the U.S. illegally

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Sources: Rasmussen

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Reader Comments

The numbers don't sounds completely accurate.

Although 65% isn't a bad number, I believe it is higher. The main reason people would be against universal healthcare is because of the increase in tax. If increased tax wasn't a factor that number would probably be closer to the eightieth percentile. In response to Phillip of AR, where are you getting your information? Universal healthcare could be a great thing and I have come across many people that support the idea. As long as other factors don't negatively affect it like; poor quality service due to increased amounts of patients, a huge increase in taxes as mentioned above, lesser pay for doctors or anyone involved in the medical field since they would be paid through the government, etc. I believe universal healthcare would do amazing things for the United States.

Your kidding me

This is a joke. how did you get your numbers. Did you ask any real people or just increase the margin of error to 99 percent. I deal with thousands of people on a daily basis and not one person supports univeral health care. Maybe if you asked real people you'd get real numbers

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RRHzyk I want to say - thank you for this!

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