Obama's Health Care Plan: What Do You Think? [Freep this poll.......]

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Obama's Health Care Plan: What Do You Think? Posted by Stephanie Condon

After debating health care reform for more than a year, President Obama says it's time for Democrats to deliver.

Hotsheet has followed every step of the process, from early speculation about the process of reconciliation to the raucous protests from the plan's opponents.

Democrats are expected to use reconciliation within weeks, allowing them to bypass a Republican filibuster and pass a final bill with a simple majority of 51 votes in the Senate. Republicans, meanwhile, insist they cannot support the measure and that the American public does not want it to pass. Recent polling from CBS News shows people are growing impatient with the debate, even as strong support still exists for some elements of the Democrats' bills.

Now it's time to hear from our loyal Hotsheet readers. What do you think of the way Washington has handled the debate? What do you think of the policy options on the table? Let us know your opinions in our user poll here and in the comments section below:

[rockrr]

The numbers continue to look bad (for them ;)...

[jcsjcm]

Do you approve or disapprove of the entire health care reform overhaul as presented by President Obama and congressional Democrats?
Approve:
35.44%
Disapprove:
63.90%
No Opinion
:
0.66%
What do you think should happen next in the health care debate?
Democrats should pass the bill via reconciliation:
36.53%
Both parties should “start over” as Republicans are calling for:
56.90%
Neither
:
6.57%
Are you more or less interested in seeing health care reform pass than you were a year ago?
More Interested:
35.71%
Less Interested:
39.68%
The Same
:
24.60%
Have President Obama and congressional Democrats explained their ideas well to the American people?
Yes:
37.41%
No
:
62.59%
Has President Obama done enough in the name of bipartisanship in his final health care bill?
Yes:
36.54%
No
:
63.46%
Will be it be better or worse for the Democratic party in the 2010 midterm elections if they pass health care reform with their current strategy?
Better:
25.99%
Worse:
59.18%
It Won’t Matter:
14.83%

[Parley Baer]

“Have President Obama and congressional Democrats explained their ideas well to the American people”

I just voted and on this question I voted yes. IMHO they have explained it well enough but I’m not buying their story.

[b4its2late]

Do you approve or disapprove of the entire health care reform overhaul as presented by President Obama and congressional Democrats?

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Approve:
33.62%

Disapprove:
65.65%

No Opinion
:
0.73%

What do you think should happen next in the health care debate?

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Democrats should pass the bill via reconciliation:
34.63%

Both parties should "start over" as Republicans are calling for:
57.80%

Neither
:
7.56%

Are you more or less interested in seeing health care reform pass than you were a year ago?

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More Interested:
33.74%

Less Interested:
42.45%

The Same
:
23.80%

Have President Obama and congressional Democrats explained their ideas well to the American people?

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Yes:
37.20%

No
:
62.80%

Has President Obama done enough in the name of bipartisanship in his final health care bill?

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Yes:
34.86%

No
:
65.14%

Will be it be better or worse for the Democratic party in the 2010 midterm elections if they pass health care reform with their current strategy?

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Better:
24.84%

Worse:
60.28%

It Won't Matter:
14.88%

[JimVT]

Obama and the Dems are getting slammed.

Note that CBS says (in small print at the bottom) that this isn’t one of their REAL polls.

Probably because it ain’t goin’ their way!

[colorado tanker]

Wow, Barry is even losing on SeeBS.

[garjog]

Suggestion: on the questions whether or not Congress and Obama has explained the bill well enough, we should vote yes so that they can’t claim that the people are misinformed. We know that what they want to do and WE DO LIKE IT.

[DarthVader]

If they pass this travesty the American people are going to kick the Democrats teeth in and then go after their hides legally.

[softwarecreator]

No Opinion: 0.66%

What kind of person voluntarily takes a poll if they have no opinion?

[Dante3]

The Feds are even unable to protect our border and deport illegal aliens. Thus, they certainly will not be able to deal properly with something as complex as health care.

[Right Wing Assault]

“Bad” numbers running as high as 70% now for obie.

[existtoexcel]

This is the one of the questions, the one that strikes fear into politicians....

Will be it be better or worse for the Democratic party in the 2010 midterm elections if they pass health care reform with their current strategy?

Better: 22.22%

Worse: 63.92%

It Won't Matter: 13.86%

[FourtySeven]

Done.

[cranked]

Not looking for the CBS ObamaCare advocates......

[GingisK]

What kind of person voluntarily takes a poll if they have no opinion?

The same sort who voted for 0bama in the first place.

[InterceptPoint]

[RipSawyer]

The bill is reported to be well over 2000 pages, there is no way they COULD explain what is in that, they don’t even know themselves.

As far as explaining their IDEAS, these people have no ideas! They parrot whatever Marxist crap they think might line their own pockets and give them power over honest people.

[softwarecreator]

The same sort who voted for 0bama in the first place.

Dead people?

[TexasCajun]

"but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic."

-Dan-