It's sure taken the public long enough to arrive at this (correct) conclusion.
Alas, I'm pretty sure we have the Glenn Beck effect to thank for the shift, rather than a principled opposition to state-guaranteed positive rights.
Gallup's interpretation:
The wording of the healthcare bill the House passed last Saturday explicitly states that one of the bill's purposes is to provide "affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans."
The current poll results indicate that, with the renewed healthcare debate since Obama took office, Americans have become less convinced that it is an appropriate goal for the federal government to take on the responsibility of ensuring that all Americans have healthcare coverage. It is possible that the current debate has increased the average American's awareness as to the nuances of the various roles the government could play in the healthcare system, helping make the generic "make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage" sound less appealing. Plus, the current debate may have produced more skepticism among Americans that the government's role in healthcare could or should be this broad.
yes, insane fact-free shameless fearmongering among the ignorant (death panels, euthanasia, government sponsored abortion, etc.) does have a tendency to influence the opinions of the proles
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