Poll: Americans Don’t Have Appetite for ‘Just’ Repealing Obamacare

Published October 27, 2016 6:23pm ET



The Washington Post calls attention to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey about how much Americans are prioritizing Obamacare relative to other health care issues this election season (emphasis mine):

President Obama’s major health-care law keeps coming up in the presidential campaign, but as divisive as it is, the Affordable Care Act itself is not a top health priority among most voters, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation. … Nearly three-quarters of respondents said making expensive drugs affordable to chronically ill people should take priority. More than half said taking government action to lower drug prices should be at the top of the list. In contrast, repealing the Affordable Care Act was ranked as a top priority by 37 percent of people. Repealing elements of the law, such as the requirement that individuals without insurance pay a fine or that companies with 50 employees or more offer insurance or pay a penalty were also ranked as a top issue by a minority of respondents.

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