Only 26 Percent Of Americans Support Full Repeal Of Obamacare, Poll Finds

And on top of that, we hope that he will fight to repeal and replace Obamacare with a principled free-market solution! Patty Murray, who will be the third-ranking Senate Democrat in the new Congress.

The poll found strong Trump voter support for some of the consumer protections that were part of the law, including allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26, reducing the amount Medicare beneficiaries have to pay for prescription drugs and providing financial assistance to lower income Americans to buy insurance. “Tell them, we want to build on the progress we’ve made, not abandon it”.

It is becoming increasingly more likely that instead of a repeal, the law will be scaled down and revised under President Trump.

After campaigning on a platform long on platitudes and short on specifics, President-elect Donald Trump this week started to reveal what he has in store for the nation’s health care system – and many Californians aren’t going to like what they hear.

Republicans, though, do not have a detailed consensus replacement ready to pass at the same time as repeal. For instance, the poll showed that 50 percent of Trump supporters said they want to see the law repealed. He said he expects cuts to federal funding in the 2010 law, commonly called Obamacare, to remain in place while mandates that individuals buy coverage and standards for what policies include will go away.

“I’m far more anxious about what could happen to Medicaid”, he said.

Trump’s choice to head the department of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, is not just a leading critic of the Affordable Care Act. They should share it with us, the American people. “This is America! You can not make me get health insurance”.

After five years of historically low growth between 2009 and 2013, spending picked up in 2014 and 2015 as the Affordable Care Act – sometimes referred to as Obamacare – expanded health insurance coverage through marketplace insurance plans and Medicaid, the report said. They are also planning an ambitious legislative agenda in the new year, moving forward on a plan to rewrite the tax code, a new government funding bill and confirming a spate of Trump’s nominees, including to the Supreme Court. The organization is a clearinghouse for information and analysis about the health care system.

Last week, Price, Trump’s health secretary pick, said whatever Republicans do to replace Obama’s health care law will bear a “significant resemblance” to a 2015 measure that was vetoed by the president.

Despite these concerns, early reports indicate that House Speaker Paul Ryan is going full speed ahead with his Obamacare repeal plan, concerns be damned.

One reason is that many Republicans are unable to agree on what to do about the estimated 22 million people who would stand to lose their health insurance, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, if the law is repealed. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chair of the Republican Policy Committee, said this week.

“There’s still a lot of discussion about the transition”.

“In 2015”, the government said, “45 new drugs were approved, more than in any one year over the past decade”.

Rachel Reichart, marketing and outreach manger for Primary Health Network, said they, too, are not commenting on the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act. But some are saying that a replacement could take years, and they expect states to take a lead role in figuring out what’s next.

Price is also a fan of “balance billing,” which means doctors can raise their prices for seniors by allowing them to charge fees in addition to what Medicare already pays them.