Poll: Most want fight over health care law to stop

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Updated 11:04 p.m., Monday, July 2, 2012

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Washington --
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to largely uphold President Obama's health care law, a majority of Americans now want to put the fight over the Affordable Care Act behind them, a new survey finds.
Fifty-six percent of Americans believe opponents of the law should "stop trying to block its implementation and instead move on to other national problems," according to the poll by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
By contrast, just 38 percent said those opposed to the measure should "continue trying to block the law from being implemented."
The survey of 1,239 adults - conducted over three days following the Supreme Court's decision last Thursday - did not pick up major changes in Americans' overall view of the sweeping legislation that Obama signed in 2010.
The law splits the nation, with 41 percent saying they have a favorable view of it and 41 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.