Poll Watch: Fox News Survey on Health Care

Fox News Survey on Health Care

Do you favor or oppose the new national health care law that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in 2010?

• Favor 40% (40%)
• Oppose 49% (53%)

Democrats

• Favor 72%
• Oppose 16%

Republicans

• Favor 9%
• Oppose 85%

Independents

• Favor 34%
• Oppose 51%

Recently the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the new health care law, which is called the 2010 Affordable Care Act. What do you think the Supreme Court should do?

• Uphold the law as constitutional and let it stand 30% (27%)
• Keep most of the law, but rule the requirement for Americans to buy health insurance as unconstitutional 21% (24%)
• Invalidate the whole law as unconstitutional 38% (42%)

Democrats

• Uphold the law as constitutional and let it stand 53%
• Keep most of the law, but rule the requirement for Americans to buy health insurance as unconstitutional 23%
• Invalidate the whole law as unconstitutional 14%

Republicans

• Uphold the law as constitutional and let it stand 10%
• Keep most of the law, but rule the requirement for Americans to buy health insurance as unconstitutional 15%
• Invalidate the whole law as unconstitutional 65%

Independents

• Uphold the law as constitutional and let it stand 22%
• Keep most of the law, but rule the requirement for Americans to buy health insurance as unconstitutional 25%
• Invalidate the whole law as unconstitutional 40%

The new Obama health care law requires that employer health plans provide birth control coverage as part of preventive services for women. Most Catholic and other religious-affiliated hospitals and universities don’t do that and are fighting the new requirement in court because they say it violates their religious rights under the Constitution. Overall, who do you believe is right in this situation -- the Catholic Church or the government?

• The government 47%
• The Catholic Church 41%

Democrats

• The government 74%
• The Catholic Church 17%

Republicans

• The Catholic Church 68%
• The government 23%

Independents

• The Catholic Church 42%
  
• The government 38%

Men

• The Catholic Church 49%
  
• The government 42%

Women

• The government 51%
• The Catholic Church 35%

Do you believe the federal government forcing Americans to buy health insurance is a violation of individual rights protected by the Constitution -- or not?

• Yes it is 60%
• No it isn’t 36%

Democrats

• Yes it is 33%
• No it isn’t 61%

Republicans

• Yes it is 87%
• No it isn’t 10%

Independents

• Yes it is 66%
• No it isn’t 30%

Survey of 907 registered voters was conducted June 3-5, 2012. The margin of error is ± 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted April 9-11, 2012 are in parentheses.