Only about 1 in 4 wants Trump to repeal health law

But never mind having a plan for the “replace” part of “repeal and replace”, Republicans don’t even agree on the basic timetable. The nominee had to have a conceivable grasp of Obamacare and how to replace it effectively without costing the President-elect valuable political capital, whether or not he has achieved that with the nomination of Price is up for debate. I’m nearly certain we’ll start nearly immediately to replace Obamacare and repeal it.

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a platform that included overhauling Obamacare, and the majority Republican Congress will make it possible to implement any changes quickly. He nominated a longtime opponent, and physician, Georgia Rep. Tom Price, to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who has worked for years on legislation to wipe away the current system and instead provide tax credits for individuals to purchase coverage in private plans.

For the first time the federal government became the largest sponsor of healthcare, the report said. Jeff Flake of Arizona.

The problem is that many parts of the law – such as the provision that insurers can’t deny coverage based on a preexisting condition – are popular with Americans, and almost 20 million people have accessed healthcare plans through the ACA.

It is easy for many people to hang onto a slogan or ride the wave of a new administration in denouncing and destroying Obamacare. Jerry Moran of Kansas.

Ideologically, conservative opposition to regulations and spending creates a dilemma. A slightly smaller share change their opinion after hearing that more than 20 million Americans could lose their coverage.

However, without a mechanism to push healthy individuals towards enrolling like the law’s individual mandate, which is among the GOP’s top targets in its repeal effort, insurance risk pools will likely grow sicker and more costly.

More Americans want to keep the Affordable Care Act than see it killed or dialed back – and the law’s major provisions remain quite popular across party lines, according to the first comprehensive, post-election poll on the law.

And 80% of Americans favor the government subsidies provided through the law to help low- and moderate-income people buy health insurance on the marketplaces.

That disconnect will be tough to reconcile. A majority were in favor of the ban on insurers denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions.

“That’s certainly the challenge”.

“I don’t think you can do it before [Jan.] 20th”, he said.

Polls may indicate that Americans are sharply divided when asked whether they see Obamacare favorably, “but if you dig a little deeper, a lot of people disapprove of it because it does not go far enough, ” Pitney said.

By last February after the last open enrollment closed, the number of uninsured in Washington state, for example, had been cut in half by the provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

“I’m not sure how fast we can do it”. House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaking Tuesday on WCLO radio in Wisconsin, endorsed keeping those parts of the law. “They are going to go from casting stones to owning the problem”, he said.

“I’ll wait and see what the new one is, ‘” Michael Neidorff, chief executive officer of health insurer Centene Corp., which has a major business selling ACA plans, said November 10. While they will be able to repeal and rebuild broad swaths of the health law without the help of congressional Democrats, the GOP will need some buy-in later in the process. Democrats tend to support it, Republicans do not. The incoming Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer of NY, fired an opening salvo earlier this week when he declared at a news conference: “It’s clear that Washington Republicans are plotting a war on seniors next year”.

It’s a risky bet, but after winning the election some Republicans are prepared to roll the dice.

“Try it”, said Sen.