President Trump’s healthcare bill, narrowly approved by the Republican-led House this month, is mired in low approval ratings, with a new poll showing only 20 percent of Americans support it.
The poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University shows that the bill’s approval rating has dropped 1 percentage point from 21 percent in a poll earlier this month.
The poll was conducted May 17 to May 23, so it doesn’t take into account the latest score from the Congressional Budget Office released late Wednesday. The score found that the American Health Care Act could lead to higher premiums for sick people and 23 million people would go without insurance over the next decade.
Republicans are still backing the healthcare plan, but by a 42-24 percent margin, the poll said.
But support is low among independents, with only 17 percent saying they are more likely to support an elected official who backed it and 41 percent saying they would be less likely.
The poll was based on a survey of 1,404 registered voters and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
