Fitzsimon File

Monday numbers

50—percentage of Americans in July poll who say they have a favorable opinion of health care reform law passed earlier this year (Kaiser Health Tracking Poll released July 29, 2010 by the Kaiser Family Foundation)

35—percentage of Americans in July poll who say they have an unfavorable opinion of health care reform law passed earlier this year (Ibid)

41—percentage of Americans in May poll who said they had a favorable opinion of health care reform law passed earlier this year (Ibid)

9—increase from May to July in percentage of Americans who said they had a favorable opinion of health care reform law passed earlier this year (Ibid)

44—percentage of Americans who say the word "pleased" describes their feeling about health reform law (Ibid)

26—percentage of Americans who say the word "angry" describes their feeling about health reform law (Ibid)

43—percentage of Americans in July who said the word "confused" describes their feeling about health care reform (Ibid)

55—percentage of Americans who said in April that the word "confused" described their feeling about health care reform (Ibid)

32—percentage of Americans who believe the health care reform law will leave their family better off (Ibid)

29—percentage of Americans who believe the health care reform law will leave their family worse off (Ibid)

33—percentage of Americans who believe the health care reform will make no difference for their family (Ibid)

43—percentage of Americans who see a positive impact on the country as a whole from health care reform (Ibid)

35—percentage of Americans who see a negative impact on the country as a whole from health care reform (Ibid)

15—percentage of Americans who don't see much impact on the country from health care reform (Ibid)

27—percentage of Americans who believe health care reform law should be repealed as soon as possible (Ibid)