Following quickly on the heels of a Marist poll that found that more respondents want to see the health reform law expanded than repealed, AP/GfK reports:
The poll finds that 40 percent of those surveyed said they support the law, while 41 percent oppose it. Just after the November congressional elections, opposition stood at 47 percent and support was 38 percent.
As for repeal, only about one in four say they want to do away with the law completely. Among Republicans support for repeal has dropped sharply, from 61 percent after the elections to 49 percent now.
Also, 43 percent say they want the law changed so it does more to re-engineer the health care system. Fewer than one in five say it should be left as it is.
Once again, a good portion of the opposition to the law stems from it not doing enough to change our healthcare system. If any politicians actually paid attention to polls and voters rather than lobbyists, this would be very good news for policy. As it is, it makes the GOP's repeal vote this week--and their stubbornly holding onto the ridiculous title of it, "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act"--more crass and politicized than even before. But since this is kabuki for the GOP to fulfill a promise to the teabaggers, the driving force of the Republican Party, that's as much as we can expect.