Republicans want Obamacare repealed, but Americans have other thoughts.
A majority of U.S. adults (51 percent) say that while the Affordable Care Act may need some small changes, “we should see how it works,” according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll. Twelve percent said the law should be left alone, compared to 35 percent who said it should be repealed.
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Two percent said they were unsure.
As expected, there was a partisan divide over repealing the law. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans said they supported repeal, compared to just 10 percent of Democrats.
Since Obamacare was signed into law by President Obama in early 2010, the government said roughly 16.4 million Americans have gained health insurance.
The poll was conducted April 6-8 and 1,008 adults were surveyed with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
