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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:00 AM May 2017

Poll: Support for GOP health bill declines

Source: Politico



By STEVEN SHEPARD 05/10/17 06:38 AM EDT Updated 05/10/17 10:52 AM EDT

The popularity of the Republican health care bill declined over the past week even as its chances of becoming law improved after its passage by the House, underscoring the political peril President Donald Trump and the GOP face in their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Voters have low expectations — few believe the bill, if enacted, will make the U.S. health care system better, increase the number of Americans with health coverage, improve the quality of their own care or decrease the costs for them and their family. And as the Senate prepares to take up the legislation, the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll also shows declines in voters’ views of Trump’s job performance and his party’s standing in next year’s congressional elections.

Only 38 percent of voters approve of the GOP-drafted health care bill, the new poll shows — down from 42 percent last week, prior to the House’s party-line vote to advance the measure. Forty-four percent of voters disapprove of the bill, up significantly from 37 percent last month. Eighteen percent of voters say they don’t know or have no opinion of the bill.

In fact, voters have a more positive opinion of the law the new legislation seeks to supplant: Half of voters now approve of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, while 42 percent disapprove.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/poll-gop-health-care-bill-support-238176

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Poll: Support for GOP health bill declines (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
That figure will plummet when the CBO report is released. Doodley May 2017 #1
even the right wing mouth breathers are starting to pay attention... Javaman May 2017 #2
That's why not fooled May 2017 #3
and given the growing climate against rRump and his room full of crooks... Javaman May 2017 #4
But but but tRump denies climate change. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #6
LOL this is certainly a climate change of a different kind. LOL nt Javaman May 2017 #8
I bet you are workinclasszero May 2017 #7
ChumpCare 3.0 is under water, while ObamaCare sits high and dry. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #5
I thought it was only 18%? NewRedDawn May 2017 #9

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
2. even the right wing mouth breathers are starting to pay attention...
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:06 AM
May 2017

and that's to the detriment of the right wing.

they push colossal bullshit, and they weren't prepared that the public would start paying attention.

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
3. That's why
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:43 AM
May 2017

in my opinion McTurdle et al. will work on the Senate version in virtual secrecy, then attempt to ram it through / reconcile with the House version as fast as possible. Minimize scrutiny and attention. They truly care about repealing the taxes the ACA enacts on the wealthy. Everything else is secondary.

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
4. and given the growing climate against rRump and his room full of crooks...
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:46 AM
May 2017

turtle boy has to work fast because it's becoming more and more likely that the Dems will retake the House in 2018.

they are trying to shovel the money as fast as they can out of the burning house.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,786 posts)
5. ChumpCare 3.0 is under water, while ObamaCare sits high and dry.
Wed May 10, 2017, 12:29 PM
May 2017


-6% ChumpCare 3.0 (more disapprove than approve)

+8% ObamaCare (more approve than disapprove)

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