Most of the public has a negative view of House Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to the latest poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The poll, released Wednesday, shows that 55 percent of the public has a negative view of the bill, while 31 percent has a positive view. The perspectives varied according to party, with 67 percent of Republicans viewing the bill favorably.
Obamacare favorability climbed slightly, to 49 percent, a 1 percentage point increase from when the poll was conducted a month earlier.
The House passed its bill, the American Health Care Act, this month. Scoring from the Congressional Budget Office has projected that if passed it would increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million people over a decade. The poll was conducted before the latest CBO report, which raised concerns about whether people with pre-existing illnesses would be able to purchase coverage. The Senate is working on its own bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Despite overall negative views of the American Health Care Act, the public appeared divided on whether changes are needed to the healthcare system. According to the Kaiser tracking poll, 8 percent of the public thinks that the Senate should pass the bill as is, 26 percent think major changes are needed and 24 percent think that minor changes are needed. Twenty-nine percent of respondents said they did not think that the bill should be passed at all.
The poll was conducted using phone interviews with 1,205 participants from May 6 to May 22.
