Healthcare spending growth in 2015 pinned on lower uninsured rates

But the new report indicates that the latest increase – which tracks with a similar uptick in 2014 – was fueled by increased use of health care, likely caused by the health law, often called Obamacare.

Overall, 30 percent said the new president and Congress should expand what the law does, and 19 percent said it should be implemented as is. In that month, 69 percent of GOPers said they favored repealing the entire law. Largely because of the clunky technology, the state has abandoned its pursuit of a different program, the Basic Health Plan, which would have gotten more affordable health insurance coverage to working-class residents. Behind the scenes, top Republicans are plotting on moving forward with a budget plan unusually early – in January – in order to allow them to circumvent a Democratic filibuster in the Senate and repeal much of Obamacare on a straight-party line vote around the time Trump is sworn into office.

Only about 1 in 4 people in the United States wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor’s health care law that extended coverage to millions, according to a poll. The least popular piece of the law, particularly among Republicans and Independents, is the requirement that Americans buy health insurance or else pay a fine to the government.

Long-time Republican efforts to transform Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor, from an open-ended partnership between the federal and state governments into a limited, and ever-shrinking federal commitment are now front and center. “While the 2014 and 2015 increases occurred more than five years after the nation’s last recession ended, they coincided with 9.7 million individuals gaining private health insurance coverage and 10.3 million more people enrolling in Medicaid coverage”. Fifty-two percent of those who supported Trump say the cost of health care for them and their family will get better under repeal, and many say the quality of their health care (39 percent) and their ability to get and keep health insurance (35 percent) would get better.

Trump also outlined his displeasure at the $11billion he said it costs to “provide healthcare to illegal immigrants”, which could be returned to Americans if immigration law were enforced and visa grants are restricted.

Oklahoma GOP Rep. Tom Cole, who attended the meeting, conceded that moving ahead with repeal will put the burden on Republicans to lay out the next steps.

Americans have seemingly had a change of heart regarding the repealing of Obamacare, according to a newly released poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Bruno said she would be afraid if the law was repealed. But a large majority of the American people apparently don’t think doing so is a good idea, as millions would lose their health care coverage. And unlike many Republicans who have offered proposals to replace Obamacare, Price’s plan would ditch the Medicaid expansion the legislation provided altogether. That argument has resonated powerfully with conservative voters nationwide. Among Clinton supporters, 79% held favorable views of the act.

Pieces of the law – such as the young adult provision, state subsidies and individual mandates requiring health insurance – could disappear, Abraham said. He has addressed the issue only rarely – characterizing the health law as, simply, “a disaster” – and his plans for it aren’t clear.

The telephone poll was conducted from November 15-21 among a nationally representative random digit dial sample of 1,202 adults, including people reached by landlines and cell phones.