Poll: Majority Would Pay Higher Taxes For Universal Health Care

[jefferson_dem]

Poll: Majority Would Pay Higher Taxes For Universal Health Care
Posted by Michelle Levi
(CBS)



A majority of Americans would pay higher taxes if it meant health insurance for everyone, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll – though many worry that the nation’s economy will suffer if the government were to offer universal health care.

The poll also finds that health care is a major domestic concern for Americans, second only to the economy.

Fifty-seven percent of those polled say they are willing to pay higher taxes in order to provide all Americans with health care coverage. While seventy three percent of Democrats favor a tax increase to fund coverage, only twenty-nine percent of Republicans back such a move.

Asked which domestic policy area the president and the Congress should focus on other than the economy, thirty-five percent said health care, the top choice. The second most popular choice was education at twenty-two percent, followed by social security at seventeen percent and energy at fifteen percent.

Despite the overall concern about health care and desire to do something about it, opinions are mixed about the what universal health insurance could mean for the nation’s economy.

Thirty-seven percent feel the economy will suffer if universal healthcare is implemented, while thirty-four percent say the economy will improve.

Again, differences follow party lines. Forty-six percent of Democrats feel the economy would be improved by guaranteed health insurance, while only twenty one percent of Republicans agree.

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[JuniperLea]

1. A lot of folks are paying through the nose for health insurance...

This doesn't surprise me in the least.

[annabanana]

2. Is that really the graphic that ran with that story?? WTF

Did anyone else notice that the number boxes point to the wrong slices of the pie? I am just that much of a tinfoil haberdasher to think it was deliberate. .

[jefferson_dem]

3. LOL!

Holy shiznit! I didn't notice that. Careless slackers ... at least.

[patrice]

4. uh . . . the graphic . . .

The labels are in the wrong positions; they need to be swapped.

[patrice]

5. Are these same of the people whom we're supposed to trust their opinion about

whether universal health care would be good for the economy or bad? Don't know what 57% looks like.

[OnyxCollie]

7. "These are not the healthcare plans you are looking for..."

[kiva]

6. We have a majority in both houses of Congress,

we have the presidency, and we have a majority of Americans who support this...tell me again why we can't get Universal Health Care.

[OnyxCollie]

9. Because our treasury was looted

to finance capitalist imperialism in Iraq. Then Bushco let the bankers steal the rest.

It's all good, though. Just don't get sick. Ever.

[Colobo]

8. Good. Health insurance for all Americans now.

[madohioan]

10. I wouldn't

Because the President laid out an excellent plan to tax THE WEALTHY to achieve this goal.

[Thrill]

11. Selfish 38%

[LiberalFighter]

12. I think the wording needs to change...

Are you willing to pay higher taxes for Universal Health Care if it also means it would cost less than paying insurance premiums?