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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Fifty-seven percent of likely U.S. voters think recently enacted healthcare reform is bad for the country, a Rassmussen Reports poll indicates.
The percentage who think the reform is bad for the country is the highest level of disapproval since the poll began tracking the law following its March passage by Congress.
In contrast, 32 percent say healthcare reform is good for the country.
The poll said 59 percent of all voters now favor repeal with 38 percent opposed. Most support for repeal comes from Republicans and independents.
About half of insured voters surveyed, 51 percent, said healthcare reform is likely to force them to change their insurance. Thirty-eight percent say that's not likely.
The poll said for the first time since President Barack Obama took office, voters see his policies as equally to blame -- with those of former President George W. Bush -- for the country's economic problems.
It also said 44 percent expect their taxes to rise under Obama.
The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted July 30-31 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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