Country divided on health care ruling

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - 22News is tracking reaction to the Supreme Court decision upholding the Obama health care plan.

A Kaiser Family Foundation study finds the country nearly evenly divided on the issue. 56 percent of those polled accept the ruling and want to move on to other national problems. Others favor continued efforts to stop the law.

Isabel Castro of Westfield told 22News, "The mandates that it's making on those institutions that, for particular religious convictions, have certain guidelines that they follow, and this plan will impose them going against those religious beliefs."

Melvin Weagle of Belchertown believes that it’s time to "definitely move on and work out the best plan we can get.  This hasn't been done in decades and it's about time it happens."

The poll also finds that the Supreme Court's decision will bring more Republican voters to the polls in November.