A poll concluded that 49 percent of Massachusetts voters believe the state's landmark health care law isn't working. 55 percent said Sen. Scott Brown has earned a full term after being elected in last year's special election.
in this April 12, 2006 file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, seated, smiles with clockwise from top Mass. Health and Human Services Secretary Timothy Murphy; Mass. Senate President Robert Travaglini; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; and Mass. House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Romney signed into law a bill designed to guarantee virtually all state residents have health insurance. Top Democrats have praised former Romney for signing the sweeping health care law that laid the groundwork for President Obama's own national health care overhaul. BOSTON (AP) — Nearly half of Massachusetts voters are saying the state's landmark health care law isn't working.
That's according to a new poll by Suffolk University and WHDH-TV which found 49 percent of respondents said they didn't feel the 2006 law was helping. Thirty-eight percent said it was working.
Thirteen percent were undecided.
Asked if former Gov. Mitt Romney's decision to sign the law in 2006 could help or hurt his presidential hopes, 54 percent said it would hurt while 22 percent felt it would help and another 22 percent were undecided.
Suffolk University Political Research Center Director David Paleologos said the issue could weigh down Romney.
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown remains popular as he prepares for next year's campaign with more than half of Massachusetts voters saying he deserves reelection.
The Suffolk University and WHDH-TV poll found 55 percent of respondents said the Republican has earned a full term after winning last year's special election.
Voters said they agreed Brown has kept his promise to be an independent voice.
According to the poll conducted by Suffolk University and WHDH-TV, 55 percent of Mass. voters said Sen. Scott Brown has earned a full term in the Senate.Suffolk University Political Research Center Director David Paleologos said the poll shows Brown will be tough to beat.
The one potential Democratic challenger who came close to knocking off Brown in the poll was former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy who says he's not running.
The survey of 500 likely Massachusetts voters was conducted from April 3-5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.