Too bad, Obama’s taking it away anyway.

PRINCETON, NJ — A review of recent research on healthcare cost, coverage, and quality reveals that Americans continue to be much more positive about their own personal healthcare situations than about the healthcare situation nationally. This suggests that Americans may be responding negatively to the new healthcare law at least partly because the majority don’t perceive personal problems with their healthcare that urgently need addressing.

Here is a summary of five key elements of American public opinion about healthcare, based on Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare poll, conducted Nov. 7-10 this year.