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struggle4progress

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Thu May 18, 2017, 09:58 AM May 2017

Americans Prefer Obamacare

May 18, 2017, at 6:43 a.m.

... Fifty-three percent of Americans say they favor the Affordable Care Act, passed by Democrats under President Barack Obama, to the GOP's American Health Care Act, passed recently by the GOP-controlled House. Only 27 percent prefer the Republican bill over the Democratic system, according to the latest survey by Public Policy Polling, a Democrat-oriented firm. This is similar to the findings of other recent polls.

Sixty-four percent say Congress should "keep what works in the Affordable Care Act [known as Obamacare] and fix what doesn't." Only 29 percent say Congress should "repeal the Affordable Care Act and start over with a new health care law." The House bill is designed to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Forty-seven percent would be less likely to vote for a legislator who supported the GOP's AHCA, while only 27 percent say they would be more likely to vote for an AHCA supporter ...


https://www.usnews.com/news/ken-walshs-washington/articles/2017-05-18/poll-americans-prefer-obamacare-over-gop-alternative

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Americans Prefer Obamacare (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2017 OP
I keep hearing that there are parts that don't work WhiteTara May 2017 #1
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