A solid majority of Iowa voters (56 percent) oppose the president's health care reform plan – an unfavorable statistic with election season just around the corner.
A new poll of Iowa voters commissioned by the American Action Network underscored the unpopularity of the health care plan. Only 27 percent of Iowa independents favoring the plan and 65 percent opposing it. Amongst seniors, 52 percent disapprove and only 36 percent approve.
"Iowa voters are not only dissatisfied with the president's leadership, but also strongly opposed to his key policy initiative," said Brian Walsh, president of the 501(c)(4) 'action tank' American Action Network. "This survey shows that the voter opposition to the president's health care reform legislation remains strong, that voters oppose execution of key elements of the bill, and that the Medicaid-style price controls being proposed by liberals in Congress are deeply unfavorable to Iowa's seniors."
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When asked specifically about Medicare:
- Fifty-eight percent of the voters in Iowa believe that "with no major changes, Medicare will go bankrupt."
- Iowans were less likely to support Democrat plans for Medicare when provided with new information about how those plans would affect them, with seniors closely matching the overall electorate.
- Seventy-four percent of Iowa voters said they would be less likely to support Democratic plans for Medicare when it was revealed that the plan would result in a 40 percent increase in premiums for seniors on the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.
- Sixty-three percent were less likely to support Democratic plans for Medicare when it was disclosed that the Democrats insist on making changes to the Medicare Part D program, despite its success.
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