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Repeal or rhetoric: A nation divided over health reform

Americans remain consistently split on health reform - and fickle on the specifics. Why recent polls may (or may not) indicate major change ahead.

By William Atkinson | Updated on February 01, 2011

There is no denying it: Americans are split over health care reform – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The latest poll confirms this.

A Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll of 2,019 adults taken last November found that 28 percent of adults want to repeal the legislation, 31 percent want to keep all or most of the reforms, and 29 percent aren’t sure.

Two-thirds of the respondents said they like the fact that the reform package prevents insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions. Another 60 percent want to keep the provision for tax credits, so small businesses can afford coverage for employees. Fifty-five percent like the idea that the law allows children to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26.

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