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Poll: 80 percent of voters disapprove of GOP handling of health careBy JAKE LAHUT 08/03/2017 01:27 PM EDT
A Quinnipiac University poll shows staggering opposition among registered voters toward Republican-led efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, with 80 percent of voters disapproving of the way Republicans in Congress are handling health careincluding 60 percent of self-identified Republicans.
Sixty-four percent of voters across the ideological spectrum disapprove of Republican ideas to replace Obamacare, while just 25 percent are in favor of the legislation presented thus far.
Medicaid remains a touchy subject in the poll, with voters opposing a decrease in funding to the program 69 percent to 26 percent, including 52 percent of Republicans opposing cuts while just 39 percent remain in favor of austerity.
A narrow majority of voters support replacing the current health care system with a single-payer system by 51 percent to 38 percent. The question specifically defines single payer as Medicare covering every American citizen.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/03/poll-republican-health-care-241291
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Poll: 80 percent of voters disapprove of GOP handling of health care (Original Post)
workinclasszero
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Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)1. So the time has never been better to call for single payer health care!
We shouldn't blow this golden opportunity!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Exactly!
NOW is the time for the democratic party to back single payer 100% and let the American people know it!
no_hypocrisy
(46,760 posts)2. It's almost impossible to answer to two Masters:
1) Your base, who wants repeal of Obamacare, even at their own expense, because hey, it WAS Obama's idea, and
2) Your constituency that needs ACA, Obamacare, whatever you want to call it, to survive.
Gothmog
(147,659 posts)4. These are horrible numbers
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. Now state republicans are slashing Medicaid on their own
and putting up obstacles to get whats left.
This is the republican party committing suicide on the command of the Koch bros.
2018!!!