7 in 10 Want the Trump Administration to Make the Affordable Care Act Work Rather Than Make it Fail

As the Trump administration begins implementing Thursday’s executive order aimed at providing alternatives to the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace plans, a new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a large majority of the public (71%) want President Trump and his administration to do what they can to make the current law work.

Fielded just prior to Thursday’s executive order, the poll finds fewer Americans (21%) say that the president and his administration should do what they can to make the law fail so they can replace it later. …

The poll also finds two thirds of the public (66%) say it is more important for President Trump and Congress to work on legislation to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces than continue efforts to repeal and replace it. CONT.

Kaiser Family Foundation