- The public believes the health care law will benefit uninsured the most, while physicians will suffer its most detrimental impacts, according to a new public Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
- The monthly poll released today found that 53 percent expected the law to benefit people without insurance, while 25 percent expected it to leave them worse off. On the other hand, poll respondents expected the law to leave 28 percent of physicians in a better position and 37 percent in a worse situation.
- Respondents were split when asked whether the law would leave hospitals better off (32 percent) or worse off (33 percent). The survey found that 44 percent of the public continues to oppose the law, while support trailed at 37 percent.
- Separately, 31 percent wanted to expand the law, while smaller segments wanted to repeal it outright (22 percent), leave it in its current form (19 percent), or replace it with a Republican-backed alternative (18 percent).
- Fifty-five percent expected the Supreme Court to find the law's individual mandate unconstitutional, while 29 percent expect the mandate to be found constitutional. Another majority (55 percent) expect some parts of the law to remain in effect even if the mandate is struck down.
- Kaiser Family Foundation’s national telephone survey included 1,206 adults and was conducted Jan. 12-17.
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