Most Voters Want Health Care Impact Investigated

by Kate Piercy A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey found ambivalence among voters about House Republican plans to investigate the Obama administration – unless the subject of the probe is the unpopular national health care bill. Scott Rasmussen remarked about the findings, saying, “Voters want Congress to focus on substance, not distractions. Congressional questioning about policy...

by Kate Piercy

A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey found ambivalence among voters about House Republican plans to investigate the Obama administration – unless the subject of the probe is the unpopular national health care bill.

Scott Rasmussen remarked about the findings, saying, “Voters want Congress to focus on substance, not distractions. Congressional questioning about policy issues are okay for most voters, petty partisanship is not.”

Some findings include:

• 55 percent of Likely U.S. Voters favor having House Republicans investigate the projected costs and implications of the health care law passed by Congress earlier in the year.
• 32 percent oppose such an investigation. Fourteen percent are not sure about the idea.
• 81 percent of Republicans and nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of voters not affiliated with either major party support an investigation of the costs and implications of the health care bill. Most Democrats (56 percent) are opposed.

How does the Obama administration’s health care bill affect Illinois? Expect to see more on this topic from the Illinois Policy Institute soon.