Politics | health care Most Americans Want a Do-Over on Health Bill: Poll Massachusetts election seen as referendum By Nick McMaster Posted Jan 21, 2010 2:13 PM CST Copied U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., addresses reporters during a news conference at the Park Plaza hotel in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) A majority of Americans think Democrats should start over on health care reform in the wake of Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts. In a USA Today poll with Gallup, 55% said Democrats should consider alternatives to draw more Republican support, while 39% think Congress should move forward with the current bill. Asked whether the Massachusetts special election reflected larger "frustrations shared by many Americans," 72% of respondents said yes, while only 18% attributed the result to local political conditions in the state. One in three say health care should be the Obama administration's top priority. Read These Next Montana is breaking out its 'bear dogs.' A country singer has gotten involved in a strange football feud. How a Florida university's millions went to a cam girl. Jamie Lee Curtis is definitely no fan of this Freakier Friday review. Report an error