54 percent approve of law
(CNN)Support for Obamacare is at an all-time high in a new survey released Thursday, as Republican leaders continue to press the case for repeal amid fierce resistance at town halls from the public.A survey from the Pew Research Center found 54% of Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act -- the highest level ever recorded by Pew -- while 43% disapprove. That's up from an even split (48%-47%) in a Pew survey from December, suggesting support for the law may be galvanized by the ongoing public fight over its future.
Still, opinions on Obamacare remain divided. Predictably, Republicans are most likely to say they disapprove (89%) while Democrats are most likely to express approval (85%). But slightly more independents say they approve (53%) than disapprove (45%) -- up about 10 points from December.
The survey results also found that even among those who disapprove of the law, 25% want GOP leaders to "make modifications" while just 17% want to "get rid of the law entirely."
And while most Republicans disapprove of the law (89% to 10%), they are also divided over what to do about it -- 42% favor modifications - 44% favor axing it.
During Congress' latest recess, Republican lawmakers have held a series of high-profile town halls that attendees have flooded to express their concern over plans for the Affordable Care Act's repeal.
The increasingly blunt outcry from Democrats has already rattled congressional Republicans and could extinguish hope for a quick and politically tidy repeal of Obamacare. To urge calm, some Republicans have already made promises that patients won't lose coverage during a transition period away from Obamacare, while Trump himself has promised "insurance for everybody."
The Pew Research Center survey sampled 1,503 American adults between February 7-12. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 points for all adults; plus or minus 4.7 points for Republicans; and plus or minus 4.0 points for Democrats.
-David Wright and Tamy Luhby
Get real - "Trump himself has promised "insurance for everybody."
The outrage of this is that nobody or evidently nobody has nailed Trump down on what the he actually means by "insurance for everybody" when it should be so critical for people to know but by now we should know exactly what he means. He means for insurance to be like it was in the old days when many people, mostly low-income, could not afford good insurance and the overall cost of healthcare was unsustainable nationally. This is how the Republicans would have it; if you can't afford it, tough. After all this time the GOP haven't formulated a real replacement because their heart is not in it for low-come people, people that are not their natural constituents or in other words people that do not have the money to give to the GOP election machine. Inactions here speak so very much louder than words.
By now we should believe that anything Trump "alludes" to outside of standard GOP doctrine is virtually and inexplicably meaningless.
During Congress' latest recess, Republican lawmakers have held a series of high-profile town halls that attendees have flooded to express their concern over plans for the Affordable Care Act's repeal.
The increasingly blunt outcry from Democrats has already rattled congressional Republicans and could extinguish hope for a quick and politically tidy repeal of Obamacare. To urge calm, some Republicans have already made promises that patients won't lose coverage during a transition period away from Obamacare, while Trump himself has promised "insurance for everybody."
The Pew Research Center survey sampled 1,503 American adults between February 7-12. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 points for all adults; plus or minus 4.7 points for Republicans; and plus or minus 4.0 points for Democrats.
-David Wright and Tamy Luhby
Get real - "Trump himself has promised "insurance for everybody."
The outrage of this is that nobody or evidently nobody has nailed Trump down on what the he actually means by "insurance for everybody" when it should be so critical for people to know but by now we should know exactly what he means. He means for insurance to be like it was in the old days when many people, mostly low-income, could not afford good insurance and the overall cost of healthcare was unsustainable nationally. This is how the Republicans would have it; if you can't afford it, tough. After all this time the GOP haven't formulated a real replacement because their heart is not in it for low-come people, people that are not their natural constituents or in other words people that do not have the money to give to the GOP election machine. Inactions here speak so very much louder than words.
The data above also shows that almost 80% are against repealing Obamacare because over half of the 43% that disapprove want it fixed, not repealed. This means 83% approve of it now or want it fixed as it is and only 17% want it fully repealed. It is interesting how this statistic, as always, seems to be "left sitting back" in the stats.
You can put it this way:
83% do not want Obamacare fully repealed
17% want it fully repealed.
As for Trump? He means sure, insurance for everybody is there if you can afford it, nothing more and you should assume it is nothing more. You can put it this way:
83% do not want Obamacare fully repealed
17% want it fully repealed.
By now we should believe that anything Trump "alludes" to outside of standard GOP doctrine is virtually and inexplicably meaningless.
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