With President Trump and Congress continuing to discuss repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, a majority of the public opposes using hard-ball tactics as a way to force Democrats in Congress to negotiate a replacement, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds.
President Trump recently suggested that his administration and Congress could push Democrats to negotiate a replacement to the Affordable Care Act by stopping payments for the law’s cost-sharing reductions, which experts say would likely cause insurers to raise premiums or stop offering coverage through the ACA’s marketplaces.
The poll finds six in 10 (60%) of the public think President Trump should not try to pass an ACA replacement plan using negotiating tactics like these that could disrupt the ACA’s insurance marketplaces and cause people to lose health coverage. …
Three quarters (74%) of the public say President Trump and his administration should do what they can to make the current health care law work, while one-fifth (19%) say they should do what they can to make the ACA fail so they can replace it later. CONT.
Kaiser Family Foundation
