Only 25% Think Medicare Costs Can Be Reduced By Changing Medicare Alone
Most voters continue to hold a favorable opinion of Medicare, but they also believe it will take more than changes within the federal health care program for the elderly to bring down how much it costs. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of Likely U.S. Voters view Medicare favorably, but that includes just 25% with a Very Favorable opinion. Still, only 24% regard the program unfavorably, with five percent (5%) who have a Very Unfavorable view of it. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on December 20-21, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.