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Poll: TAX THE RICH to Pay for Health Care Reform WASHINGTON, DC (Associated Press) -
A new Associated Press poll finds that Americans favor taxing the rich to pay for covering those without health insurance.

Of all the approaches Congress is considering to pay for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the only one that got majority support in the AP poll was a new income tax on upper-income people.

That's the approach House Democrats took in their health care legislation, which passed earlier this month. The poll found 57% in favor of the idea, and 36%opposed.

In contrast, the public does not favor a tax on high-value insurance plans under consideration in the Senate. 56% were opposed and only 29% in favor of that idea, which is also opposed by organized labor. © Copyright 2012, Associated Press