Coming less than a week after the House of Representatives passed its Health Care legislation Gallup’s latest poll shows that a majority of Americans are against a government take over of Health Care. The new numbers show that 50% believe it is NOT the government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have health coverage and only 47% thinking it is their responsibility.

Additionally, Gallup asked “would you prefer replacing the current healthcare system with a new government-run healthcare system, (or) maintaining the current system based mostly on private health insurance?” At the beginning of 2009, 49% were in favor of maintaining the current system and 41% were in favor of replacing the current system. Those numbers have widened to 61% in favor of maintaining the current system, while only 32% percent are in favor of replacing the current system!

In 2008, the Democrats managed to take a powerful majority in Congress but they are consistently proving themselves more and more out of touch with the American people. While the house bill passed 220-215, it is becoming very clear that a majority of Americans are opposed to the government takeover of health care.

Will Harry Reid make Democratic Senators walk the same plank