Americans are generally dissatisfied with the healthcare reform bill signed into law earlier this year, according to the results of a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Friday, with Americans most likely to say that the law goes too far.
The poll showed that 42 percent of those surveyed said that the healthcare law goes too far, while 29 percent said it does not go far enough. Just 20 percent described the law as "about right."
Among those that say the healthcare law goes too far, most said that it should be repealed and replaced with a new bill.
Not surprisingly, a significant majority of Republicans said that the law goes too far. Seventy-nine percent of Republicans said the law goes too far compared to just 11 percent of Democrats. Democrats were mostly likely to say that the law does not go far enough.
"If the new Republican House majority attempts to repeal the healthcare law, it will be following the wishes of the party's supporters," said Gallup pollster Jeffrey Jones. "However, it is not clear whether the wider public would prefer that course of action."
He added, "Americans in general do not seem to be overly satisfied with the healthcare overhaul, but the appetite for repealing it may not be as big as the midterm election results might suggest, given that less than a majority of Americans believe the legislation goes too far."
Nonetheless, Republicans are unlikely to have much success in repealing the bill, as Democrats continue to control the White House and the Senate.
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