More Have Doubts About Whether Health Care Reform Will Help

Twenty-seven percent say their health costs will not change with passage of an overhaul, down from 32 percent last month. Twenty-two percent say the situation with medical costs would get better, the same percentage as last month.

Thirty-nine percent believe the quality of the care they receive would get worse compared to 33 percent in September,. Thirty-seven percent expect that their coverage will get worse compared to 33 percent in the previous poll, and 46 percent say insurance company requirements will get worse compared to 38 percent last month.

"Although Congress is making significant progress toward passing health care legislation, there is still much work to be done to finalize the bill and build public support for such a new law," Gallup says. "Americans are not solidly behind new health care legislation at this point, with polls showing at best a closely divided public. That level of support persists despite the fact that most Americans doubt reform will improve their current health care in a number of respects."