American Council for Immigration Reform
A poll conducted by Pulse Opinion Research for the American Council for Immigration Reform (ANCIR), found that 78% of Americans believe immigration has an adverse impact on the quality and cost of healthcare. They surveyed 1,000 likely voters and remarkably found that both Democrats and Republicans believe it is a serious issue with 89% of the Republicans feeling strongly about this and 68% of the Democrats.
Other key findings were:
Seventy-three percent (73%) of likely voters agreed that hospitals should be allowed to inquire and collect data about the immigration status of those seeking Emergency Room care without affecting the legal requirement that they must provide emergency care. Just 18% said no.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of the respondents believed that providing health insurance to illegal immigrants will just encourage more illegal immigration. After receiving emergency medical care, if it is determined that an illegal immigrant will require long term follow-up medical care, 47% believed that the person should be deported to his/her home country.
38% believed care should be provided, but time and cost limits should be established for eventual deportation. Only 8% believed long term care should be provided in the U.S.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of likely voters were very or somewhat concerned that the United States will add 135 million people to its population in the next 40 years, 75% of which is due to immigration. Republicans (90%) were more concerned than Democrats (74%).
Seventy-eight percent (78%) of likely voters were opposed to legalizing the status of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. with only 19% supporting it. 88% of African-Americans were opposed to legalization.
Fifty-five percent (55%) were opposed to a government insurance option under any national health care plan with 28% in favor and 17% not sure.
73% of Republicans were opposed with 11% in favor. A plurality of Democrats (47%) supported a government option with 34% opposed and 19% unsure.
Similar to most polls, this is just a sampling of likely voters, yet the national debate over healthcare seems to run in direct contrast to politicians support of it. The American people do not want any more government meddling in our lives but government, especially the Obama Administration, cannot seem to get enough of it. Ironic that those who find it convenient to inaccurately call our Representative Republic a "Democracy" are also the ones that turn a deaf ear to its core principles and fail to hear the voices of the majority of voters.
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Comments
I can show you 5 different polls with quite the opposite findings. So I guess it depends who is behind the polls and what their real intentions are. Good try though ... (and this poll is quite old , I think its more than 2 weeks old)
Read History!! Yeah, yeah, yeah. I keep hearing about all these sources but you never cough them up. I suppose you'd think an MSNBC or CNN poll would be more accurate? Nice try anyway.
Oh, I can easly believe this poll - the Nativist drumbeat for the last two decades has drowned out any discussion of actual facts and data.
Any honest economist will tell you it would be smarter (cheaper) to include illegals in any insurance reform rather than pay the costs we actually pay now.
Alright all you immigrant hating, neo-confederate Joe Wilson loving, republican redneck hicks...
Go to: usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-09-20-brain-drain_N.htm
If this keeps on happening all the things that made America great will be going back to places like India and China.
Change your minds and work to pass a good immigration reform.
And always remember this country was built on the illegals' slaves, Chinese, Mexicans not the thieves on Wall Street.
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