Results: Potential Supreme Court ruling to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for being unconstitutional
Published on 06/06/2012
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1.
1.
Do you think the ACA will be struck down?
Yes I think it will be struck down
23%
88 votes
I think they will do a partial strike down
17%
66 votes
There is no way it will be struck down
10%
40 votes
I don’t know enough about this to say
48%
184 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
4 votes
2.
2.
Which of the following impacts of the strike down of this act would you find worthwhile? 1.4 trillion in planned spending on this program will not happen
23%
89 votes
Effective 2013, Medicare tax of 2.35% on combined income over $250,000 for families and $200,000 for single income earners would go away. This tax is also a problem given that the floor amount is not indexed
16%
63 votes
Effective 2018, the new 40% tax on employer provided “Cadillac” plans in excess of $27,500 for a family and $10,200 for an individual would not be implemented
9%
35 votes
I don't find any of these worthwhile, the ACA is worthwhile
43%
164 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
31 votes
3.
3.
Do you think employer provided health care plans result in wasteful spending? Yes
19%
73 votes
No
34%
128 votes
Only abused by a few
20%
78 votes
Not sure
26%
98 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
5 votes
4.
4.
Should employer provided health care insurance be tax free? Yes
54%
208 votes
No
18%
69 votes
Undecided
27%
105 votes
5.
5.
Would you be comfortable with a phased out approach to employer tax free insurance plans? Yes
24%
93 votes
No
28%
107 votes
Undecided
36%
139 votes
Not Applicable
11%
43 votes
6.
6.
If the Supreme Court were to strike down the ACA, do you think that this would significantly hurt President Obama's ability to be re-elected? Yes
42%
159 votes
No
50%
192 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
31 votes
7.
7.
If the ACA is struck down, do you think the Medicare system would be paralyzed, given some aspects of this legislation are in force? Yes
41%
158 votes
No
51%
194 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
30 votes
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