A slew of new national surveys completed during the past week shed light on how voters are reacting to Republicans’ bills to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The surveys show opposition continues to outpace support by a wide margin, with tepid support among Republicans and overwhelming opposition among […] Read more »
Health insurance and birth control
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to cover the full cost of prescription birth control as part of their health insurance plans. This section of the June Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that a majority of the public (68 percent) support the requirement for private health insurance plans to […] Read more »
Should Republicans Even Want The Senate Health Care Bill To Pass?
We don’t know if the Republican health care bill will pass the Senate. It’s struggling right now, but remember that the House’s health care bill seemed dead too, before it was revived and approved. One question we have a better chance of answering is whether the elected officials directly involved […] Read more »
Poll shows little support for Senate GOP health bill, even among Republicans
Most Americans disapprove of the GOP’s handling of health care. That’s according to a new NewsHour poll, in partnership with the Marist Institute for Public Opinion and NPR, that looks at Americans’ opinions on President Trump, health care, the economy and more. Judy Woodruff examines the results with Lee Miringoff […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: 27% favor Senate GOP health care plan, as vote gets delayed
By two-to-one, American voters oppose the Senate health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act — even as a majority wants to repeal at least some of the existing law. That’s according to the latest Fox News Poll, conducted Sunday through Tuesday evenings. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Why the GOP’s Plan for Health Care Hit a Wall
One key reason Senate Republicans have been forced to retract and retool their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act is that the legislation favors one pole of the party’s modern coalition so emphatically over the other. The teetering Senate repeal bill, like its predecessor the House passed in May, […] Read more »