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Remember last August and those furious town hall meetings where people yelled at the Democrats about healthcare reform? Have you accepted the new healthcare reform law as a benefit overall? Or are you one of the voters who still hates it?

Interestingly, polling has shifted on the popularity of the new law. While a majority favored repeal (58 percent) in the months after President Obama signed it into law at the end of March, a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows opposition dropping to 35 percent from 41 percent in the last month, and 50 percent of the public had a favorable view of the law, up from 48 percent. Support and opposition tend to be partisan, but the trendline is certainly heading in the Democrats' direction.

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