Poll: 80 percent of voters disapprove of GOP handling of health care

[workinclasszero]

Poll: 80 percent of voters disapprove of GOP handling of health care
By JAKE LAHUT 08/03/2017 01:27 PM EDT

A Quinnipiac University poll shows staggering opposition among registered voters toward Republican-led efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, with 80 percent of voters disapproving of the way Republicans in Congress are handling health care—including 60 percent of self-identified Republicans.

Sixty-four percent of voters across the ideological spectrum disapprove of Republican ideas to replace Obamacare, while just 25 percent are in favor of the legislation presented thus far.

Medicaid remains a touchy subject in the poll, with voters opposing a decrease in funding to the program 69 percent to 26 percent, including 52 percent of Republicans opposing cuts while just 39 percent remain in favor of austerity.

A narrow majority of voters support replacing the current health care system with a single-payer system by 51 percent to 38 percent. The question specifically defines single payer as Medicare covering every American citizen.


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/03/poll-republican-health-care-241291

[Chasstev365]

1. So the time has never been better to call for single payer health care!

We shouldn't blow this golden opportunity!

[workinclasszero]

3. Exactly!

NOW is the time for the democratic party to back single payer 100% and let the American people know it!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. It's almost impossible to answer to two Masters:

1) Your base, who wants repeal of Obamacare, even at their own expense, because hey, it WAS Obama's idea, and

2) Your constituency that needs ACA, Obamacare, whatever you want to call it, to survive.

[Gothmog]

4. These are horrible numbers

[workinclasszero]

5. Now state republicans are slashing Medicaid on their own

and putting up obstacles to get whats left.

This is the republican party committing suicide on the command of the Koch bros.

2018!!!