One of the contentious issues in 2012 was the Health Care Reform Law.

This law requires

Americans to obt ain health insurance or they will be fined with a fee for not being insured. The property
in question is if Americans agree with the Health Care Reform Law. I have pulled out two public opinion
polls that were done in 2012 to better see where Americans stand in this matter. Following are the results
of the two surveys. The strong survey is explored before the weak survey.

This survey was conducted by Gallup. They had 1,015 participants who are 18 years of age and
older, living in the fifty states of United States including District of Columbia. The target population were
18 years and older population living in the United States and were weighted by gender, age, race,
ethnicity, education, region, adults in household, population density, and phone status (cell phone or
landline) The survey was completed by telephone. Landline telephone numbers were chosen at random
among listed phone numbers and were randomly chosen with each household on the based on which
member had the most recent birthday. Cell phone numbers were selected using RDD or random-digitdial methods. Interviews were done in Spanish for Spanish speakers. (Jones, Jeffrey M. "In U.S.,

Majority Now Against Gov't Healthcare Guarantee." ) On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being a very strong
survey, I would rate this survey 10 as the samples were picked randomly and the sample number is high
enough to avoid hastiness. Also, they claim confidence level of 95%, which is sufficient for the survey to
be considered strong. The question asked for this survey was: "Do you think it is the responsibility of the
federal government to make sure all Americans have health care coverage, or is that not the
responsibility of the federal government?" (Jones) Fifty-four percent said that it isn't the government's
responsibility and forty-four percent said that it is the government's responsibility.

The next survey was conducted by the Princeton Dat a Sourc e. This survey had 2,013
participants who are 18 years of age and older, living in 50 states of the United States, including District
of Columbia. The target population is the population of 18 years of age and older, living in the U.S. One
thousand one hundred and t wenty seven were int erviewed on landline while 886 were interviewed were
cell phone users. Two hundred and twelve surveyed were 18-29 year olds re-contacted from recent
surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center. Landline participants were selected by asking for the
youngest who at home at the time of survey. This survey was conducted by Princeton Data Source.

Random digit dial (RDD) samples were used. Interviews were done in English and Spanish. ("Any Court

Health Care Decision Unlikely to Please." Pew Research Center for the People and the Press RSS.) The
result of this survey concluded that 48% surveyed disapproved of the health care legislation and 43%
approved. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being a very strong survey, I would rate this survey 7. Although
they have 95% confidence, they weren't as random and was more biased. This survey favored younger

people more by re-contacting 18-29 year old participants and also asking for the youngest who is at
home. Even though the youngest at home may not be in the 18-29 year old bracket, they could have
picked a criteria that was not age-related.

In conclusion, both surveys had close results that showed most Americans disagree with the
Health Care Reform Law. Although the results weren't drastically different, this shows that some
aspects can make a difference by how a survey can be viewed, such as biases.

Jones, Jeffrey M. "In U.S., Majority Now Against Gov't Healthcare Guarantee." Gallup. Gallup, 28` Nov.
2012. Web. 29 Nov. 2015. <http://www.gallup.com/poll/158966/majority-against-gov-healthcareguarantee.aspx>.

"Any Court Health Care Decision Unlikely to Please." Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
RSS. Pew Research Center, 18 June 2012. Web. 29 Nov. 2015. <http://www.people press.org/2012/06/18/any-court-health-care-decision-unlikely-to-please/2/>.