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Americans are worried over what the health care overhaul planned by President Obama and congressional Democrats may bring, with 62 percent saying it likely will raise costs in the long run, 65 percent believing the health care system will become more complicated and 56 percent concerned it will limit choice of doctors and hospitals, according to a Time Magazine poll conducted July 27-28.

But showing the split-personality of the public when it comes to what reform will mean for the country and what it will mean to them personally, 63 percent support providing coverage for all Americans as Obama has outlined, 56 percent backed a public option to compete with private insurers, and 57 percent supported raising taxes on those making over $280,000-a-year to pay for the plan. Forty-six percent called it "very important" that legislation to change the system be passed in the next few months.

Americans split at 46 percent each over whether they approved Obama's handling of the issue, but they trust Obama over congressional Republicans on health care by 47 percent to 32 percent.