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Poll: Majority Would Pay Higher Taxes For Universal Health Care
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 07, 2009 02:05pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Monday, April 6, 2009 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | April 6, 2009 6:30 PM
Posted by Michelle Levi
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. |
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