Most people still support President Obama’s health-reform plan, according to a WSJ-NBC poll released late yesterday. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they favor the plan supported by the president, while 35% said they opposed it — figures that are basically unchanged from a poll fielded in April. The poll asked respondents whether they thought several elements of the health-reform debate were “acceptable” or “unacceptable”. Sixty-two percent of people said requiring everyone to have health insurance, with government assistance for low and moderate income people, was an acceptable proposal. One funding strategy that’s been discussed a lot lately in Washington — taxing a portion of “expensive health plans” that include “more generous benefits than

a standard plan,” in the words of the poll — proved widely unpopular. Only 33% of respondents deemed that idea “acceptable.” On the other hand, 62% of respondents said it would be acceptable to raise taxes on people making over $250,000 in order to fund health reform. You can read the full poll here ; the questions on health care are on pp. 18-21. Bonus Poll : A new New York Times-CBS News poll finds that 44% of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling health care, while 34% disapprove and 22% have no opinion.

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Health Reform Poll: Tax the Rich, Don’t Tax Benefits