62 - 32 percent in favor of giving people the option of a government insurance

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•61 - 36 percent for higher taxes on high income earners to pay for health care reform; •60 - 32 percent in favor of insurance subsidies for individuals making up to $43,000 and families of four making up to $88,000; •54 - 38 percent for requiring businesses to provide insurance or pay the government. Voters oppose 68 - 26 percent requiring people to have health insurance or pay a fine and oppose 68 - 27 percent taxing employees for health care benefits from employers. American voters, by a 55 - 35 percent margin, are more worried that Congress will spend too much money and add to the deficit than it will not act to overhaul the health care system, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. By a similar 57 - 37 percent margin, voters say health care reform should be dropped if it adds "significantly" to the deficit. By a 72 - 21 percent margin, voters do not believe that President Barack Obama will keep his promise to overhaul the health care system without adding to the deficit, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University national poll finds. American voters disapprove 52 - 39 percent of the way President Obama is handling health care, down from 46 - 42 percent approval July 1, with 60 - 34 percent disapproval from independent voters. Voters say 59 - 36 percent that Congress should not pass health care reform if only Democratic members support it. Voters are split 39 - 41 percent on whether the President's health care plan will improve or hurt the quality of health care in the nation, with 14 percent saying it won't make a difference. Only 21 percent of voters say the plan will improve the quality of care they receive, while 36 percent say it will hurt their quality of care and 39 percent say it will make no difference. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1357 ~~~~~~~~~~~ It looks like people aren't so quick to swallow Obama, Pelosi and Reid's attempt rush bills through without regard to the consequences.