Public says health care bill doesn�t go �far enough�

By Sahil Kapur
Monday, January 11th, 2010 -- 8:14 pm

Far from overreaching on health care reform, a plurality of the public thinks President Obama and Democrats have done too little to regulate the insurance industry, hold down costs and extend coverage, a new poll finds.

Forty-three percent of Americans said the health care bill goes "not far enough" in regulating health insurance companies, according to a new CBS survey released Monday evening. Just 18 percent deemed it "about right" and 27 percent thought it "go[es] to far."

Thirty-nine percent said the legislation doesn't achieve strong enough cost controls one of the leading goals of reform as opposed to 24 percent who believed it goes too far and 21 percent that are satisfied.

The public was also underwhelmed by the bill's provisions to extend coverage. Thirty-five percent said its efforts aren't strong enough, as opposed to 32 percent who believed it goes too far and 22 percent who were satisfied.

The study contradicts the common argument made by the Republican Party and some conservative Democrats that the bill forces too much change upon the American people.

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