Republicans conducted extensive polling on health care and a couple of other topics in mid-June and released the results to reporters at a roundtable at RNC headquarters on Monday.
The poll, done for the Republican National Committee by OnMessage Inc., surveyed 1,100 likely general election voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percent, though the raw data was not distributed.
Here are a few highlights:
Given categories, 51 percent say their biggest concern about health care is that it costs too much, followed by 20 percent choosing access.
Again, with categories provided by questioners, 36 percent say their fear about the GOP's position on health care is that they will oppose any plan, followed by 15 percent who say Republicans will help insurance and drug companies.
Fifty percent disagreed -- and 38 percent agreed -- with the statement: "If government reforms health care and creates a government health insurance program to cover anyone who can't afford it, health insurance costs will be cheaper than they are today."
The spending and tax numbers won't be the same when the final bill is ready, but 71 percent said they oppose "paying for this reform by raising $600 billion in new taxes and cutting $400 billion from Medicare and Medicaid."
But there's some good news for President Obama, too.
A whopping 70 percent say "America's health care system is broken and badly in need of reform."
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