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Voters say Obama should delay health care reform

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  March 2nd, 2009 at 02:46 PM  | 

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New Rasmussen Reports polling finds 49% of U.S. voters say President Obama should delay his so-called health care reform until the economy improves.

Another 42% disagree and say  Obama should go ahead, and 10% are not sure what Obama should do.

There is the usual partisan divide:

Sixty-six percent (66%) of Democrats believe the president should move ahead now, but 72% of Republicans and 57% of voters not affiliated with either party say Obama should wait until the economy improves.

Two-thirds of Democrats (66%) say it is possible to insure everyone, a view shared by 33% of unaffiliated voters and 19% of Republicans.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of GOP voters and 60% of unaffiliateds do not believe it is possible to provide health insurance for everyone, but just 23% of Democrats agree.

According to Rasmussen, there has been a significant decline in the number who believe it is possible to provide insurance for everyone.

At a cost of another $2 trillion or more, and with a $693 billion partial down payment, Obama-care is much too much big government spending. Obama’s trillions of dollars in additional spending in his tax and borrow budget is not only more money than we can comprehend, it is much more than even Obama can honestly believe the nation is able to afford.

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  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    …is that the Democrats are pretty much relying on two factors to claim a mandate: a lopsided identification of voters as Democrats, and strong internal agreement among Democrats that the party’s policy is correct. I can see maintaining either one; continuing to have both is going to be a real strain.

  • rbdwiggins

    President Obama’s approval numbers are beginning to mirror the DOW. Which, by the way, appears to be closing at a twelve-year low. Obama’s approval numbers have fallen right along with the markets and is currently at 58%.

    If my observation holds water, President Obama’s approval numbers should drop to around 55-56% by the end of the week.

    Another observation: It’s taken less than six weeks for his presidency to fail.

  • DerKrieger

    …by using free market policies. I honestly believe that most people don’t have enough information to make an informed decision. If the question is “should the government ensure all Americans have health insurance” without explaining that what Obama has in mind is a complete takeover of he system why would anyone say “no”?

    I think if people were fully informed there would be overwhelming opposition. That’s why I personally don’t put much stock inn polls.

  • http://jctreke.com Janice Cantore

    Maybe it’s because I’m retired, but the idea of government run health care scares me more than the thought of another terror attack. Yes, a terror attack would be horrible, but you clean up, you mourn and you move on. With government controlled health care the terror would be on-going in my life until the day I day. (it may even hasten that day if Dashel gets his way)