Although U.S. adults split when asked about whether they favor the health bills now before Congress, they still support many of the proposals included in the bills, think tank researchers report.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif., has reported those findings in a summary of results from a telephone survey of 2,002 U.S. residents ages 18 and older, including 255 residents who have only cell phones.
The survey was conducted from Jan. 7 to Jan. 12, before the Massachusetts Senate vote.
About 42% of the survey participants said they support passage of a health bill, 41% said they oppose passage, and 16% said they are withholding judgment.
About 64% of Democrats said they support the current health bill proposals, and 76% of the Republicans said they oppose the proposals.
The researchers found that 41% of the independents support the proposals and 43% oppose them.
When told about specific health bill components, a majority of survey participants said they support most of those components, the researchers report.
About 73%, for example, said they support health insurance tax credits for small businesses.
About 74% of the independents said they support tax credits for small businesses, for example, and 69% said they support the concept of setting up insurance exchanges, the researchers found.
But 67% of the independents said they oppose the idea of requiring individuals to own health insurance, and 57% said they have concerns about the overall cost of health reform.
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