(CNSNews.com) – A petition opposing President Barack Obama’s plan for a government-led overhaul of the nation’s health care system has garnered over 1 million signatures since it launched May 25, something its sponsors say is proof that public opposition to Obama’s plan is very real.

The petition, available online at www.freeourhealthcarenow.com, was created by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and is being talked about by talk radio hosts on the Salem Radio Network. It surpassed 1 million signatures on Aug. 4, a week after a similar petition sponsored by the Democratic National Committee achieved the same milestone.

Bill Bennett, a nationally syndicated host on the Salem network, told CNSNews.com that the more his listeners heard about the petition, the more signatures it got, until it hit the 1 million mark.

“We just started talking about it, and the first couple weeks we had about 50- to 60,000 [signatures]. The interesting thing was the more we talked about it and the more Obama talked about his plan, the faster the signatures came.”

Bennett said that he credits Obama with the petition’s success, saying that the more the president explains his plan, the less the public likes it and the more they sign the petition to voice their disgust.

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