Nearly half of voters less likely to support lawmakers who back ObamaCare repeal

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It took awhile but most folks like to have ACA/Obamacare.







Nearly half of voters less likely to support lawmakers who back ObamaCare repeal


https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/452667-almost-half-of-voters-less-likely-to-support-lawmakers-who-back-obamacare

7/11/2019

Almost half of Americans say they are less likely to support lawmakers who are in favor of repealing ObamaCare, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll.

The survey, released on Thursday, found that 47 percent of registered voters said they were less likely to cast a ballot for members of Congress who backed a lawsuit that aims to eliminate ObamaCare, compared to 28 percent of respondents who were more likely to support those lawmakers.

Twenty-six percent of voters said it doesn’t matter either way.

Older Americans and minorities were least likely to support lawmakers who favored the ObamaCare lawsuit. The poll found that 58 percent of respondents age 65 and older and 68 percent of African Americans were less inclined to back lawmakers who are opposed to ObamaCare.

President Trump and Republicans have reignited the debate over ObamaCare in recent months.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit back by the Trump administration seeking to overturn the entire 2010 health care law.

The panel, which included two Republicans and one Democrat, indicated it might strike down ObamaCare’s individual mandate.

Under the mandate, Americans who did not buy health insurance had to pay a financial penalty, a provision that was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012 by calling it a tax. Congress later eliminated the financial penalty........................................................

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1. "ALMOST half" is not very encouraging. Only 28% supporting repeal candidates is a little better.

But that's a lot of people that don't seem to care about people for whom the ACA is their only real option to coverage.