Those are findings of a Zogby Interactive poll of 3,694 likely voters conducted from October 16-19, 2009. The margin of error is +/-1.9%.

The poll asked voters to rate the importance of seven of Obama's primary goals for healthcare reform. Only one of the seven goals, making sure all U.S. citizens have coverage, had fewer than 80% rate it as important.

The second part of the survey provided six concerns about Democratic healthcare proposals that have been raised by Republicans. Voters were asked if they were concerned about each, and more than half, between 58% and 67%, were somewhat or very concerned. Here are the results:

There were very sharp partisan differences on all of the questions asked for both the importance of goals and concerns about what the proposals might do. More than 90% of Republicans were concerned about each of possible negative outcomes, and 90% of Democrats rate each of Obama's goals as important.

Majorities of Republicans say all the goals except universal coverage are important, and are within 10 points of the results of the whole sample. However, Republicans are much less likely than Democrats or Independents to rate any of as the goals as "very important."  For example, on ending denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions, 41% of Republicans rate it "very important," compared to 84% of Democrats and 65% of Independents who say the same. On universal coverage, 14% of Republicans say coverage for all citizens is very important, and 28% feel it is not at all important.

Among Democrats, the percentage who share concerns about the bill's possible effects range from a high of 41% on whether their taxes may increase to a low of 25% on whether they might be forced into a government plan.

Results for Independent voters for all of the questions asked are very close to those of the overall sample.  

Other demographic differences reflect usual ideological leanings of those groups. For example:

• On the question of universal coverage, 75% of women rate it is as important, compared to 60% of men.
• On the same question, the percentage saying it is important decreases with frequency of religious service attendance.  Among those who attend services at least once per week, 60% say it is important, compared to 75% for voters who rarely or never attend services.
• On whether taxpayers might end up paying for coverage of illegal immigrants, the percentage of those concerned increases with frequency of shopping at Wal-Mart. Among weekly Wal-Mart shoppers, 87% are concerned, compared to 41% of voters who never shop at Wal-Mart.

Finally, on the controversial question of whether healthcare reform might lead to denial of services to older people, the percentage of those concerned is highest among voters 65 and older, with 68% concerned, and 62% of these are "very concerned."

Pollster John Zogby: "With at least four of five voters saying the goals for healthcare reform set by President Obama are important, it's clear that he and the Democrats could reap big benefits from passing a bill. However, voters must believe that the specifics of the bill actually achieve those goals. As our survey demonstrates, doubts about the Democrats' proposals raised by Republicans have taken a strong foothold.  The debate won't end if and when a bill passes, especially since most of the legislation isn't scheduled to take effect until 2013. Expect to hear more about rationing, socialized medicine and higher taxes right through the 2012 Presidential election."