Friday, June 23, 2017

Favorability of the Affordable Care Act Tops 50%, While Across Many Measures, Majorities Oppose the Republican Plan to Replace It

Most Republicans Continue to View Replacement Plan Favorably, But Their Support Has Slipped

Three-Quarters of the Public, Including Most Republicans, View Medicaid Favorably; Most Oppose Federal Funding Cuts to States

As the Senate prepares to vote on the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and cap federal Medicaid funding, a new Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll finds most Americans oppose the Republican plan and many of its key provisions. A majority of Republicans, however, continue to support the Republican plan, though by a significantly narrower margin than last month.
Most (55%) of the public holds an unfavorable view of the Republican plan, while 30 percent hold a favorable one. There is also a large intensity gap, with far more saying they have “very unfavorable” views (38%) than “very favorable” ones (11%).

While a large majority of Democrats (85%) and most independents (52%) hold unfavorable views of the plan, most Republicans (56%) and supporters of President Trump (55%) continue to hold favorable views – though support among these groups has fallen significantly since May, when two-thirds of Republicans (67%) and seven in 10 Trump supporters (69%) viewed it favorably.

Read the Poll

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