Sure, most Americans want "affordable healthcare." It just isn't clear how the government is going to pay for it.
Although today's Rasmussen poll sheds no real light on the subject, here are the results.
63% Support Affordable Health Care for 'Every Single American'
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sixty-three percent (63%) of U.S. voters agree with President Obama that "we must make it a priority to give every single American quality affordable health 
Just 29% disagree with the statement the president made recently when he released his proposed $3.6 trillion budget, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Rasmussen Reports tested voter reaction to this statement and others used this past weekend as part of a nationwide canvass to build support for the president's economic agenda.
Earlier surveys have found that just 29% of Americans give the U.S. system of health care good or excellent ratings . Roughly half believe that free health care should be provided to all Americans .
Sixty-four percent (64%) also agree with
Voters are also closely divided over a statement about the proposed budget that "the bold plan President Obama has set forth is not just a game between two political parties. It's the change that Americans across the country demanded this past election." Forty-nine percent (49%) agree, while 40% disagree.
The statement was made by a leader of Organizing for America (OFA), the grassroots organization once know as Obama for America which has now shifted into a full-time support group for the administration's agenda.
The president's budget is facing growing opposition in Congress, even from Democrats, over its high level of new spending. It also has been hurt by the disclosure last Friday that its deficit projections for the next 10 years are off by $2.3 trillion. The public is similarly divided on the budget .
Over the weekend, OFA canvassers hoped to knock on one million doors and gather signatures in public places in all 50 states for a pledge in support of the president's economic agenda.
Just five percent (5%) of voters said someone knocked on their door this weekend asking for their support of Obama's plan. Overall, 2% of voters said they signed a pledge supporting the president's economic plan, gave an e-mail address or in some other way agreed to support Obama's future agenda.
These findings gibe with news reports in which lawmakers from across the country said they received little or no feedback from OFA's weekend efforts.
The partisan divide over the statements related to the budget is sizable. Ninety percent (90%) of Democrats agree that it must be a national priority to provide affordable health car to all Americans, a view shared by 37% of Republicans and 55% of voters not affiliated with either major party.
Of the four priorities Obama outlined last month in an address to Congress, Democrats say health care reform is the most important, while Republicans and unaffiliated voters put greater emphasis on deficit reduction .
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Democratic voters believe a budget is a commitment to making America a place where all things are possible for all people. Smaller majorities of Republicans (54%) and unaffiliated voters (55%) agree.
Fifty percent (50%) of voters now worry that the government will do too much in reacting to the nation's economic problems rather than not enough. That's a seven-point jump from a month ago.
As for the characterization of Obama's economic plan as the change America demanded in the past election, not surprisingly 76% of Democrats agree, while 69% of Republicans disagree. Unaffiliated voters are evenly divided on the question.
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To view a copy of the original report, please use this link: But Who's Gonna Pay For Affordable Healthcare?