A new Gallup poll out Wednesday shows more Americans believe the Affordable Care Act hurts them and their families rather than helps.
While most Americans say the ACA has had no impact on their lives, at 54 percent, 27 percent of Americans say the healthcare law has actually had a negative impact on them — a number which is up eight points from the beginning of 2014.
The poll shows Americans’ thoughts towards the ACA are strongly divided along party lines. Republicans are more likely to say the law is hurting them while Democrats are more likely to say the law is helping them.
Same thing goes for the long-term view of the national impact of the law. Eighty percent of Republicans believe the law will make things worse in the U.S. over time and 66 percent of Democrats believe it will help overall.
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of Americans without health insurance has gone down 3.7 percent.
