In strategy and substance, the American public disagrees with the course that President Trump and congressional Republicans are pursuing to replace the Affordable Care Act with conservative policies, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Roughly three-quarters of Republicans prefer repealing and replacing the ACA, but more than 6 in 10 independents and nearly 9 in 10 Democrats favor working within its framework. A 51-year-old Republican businessman in Connecticut, who recently sold a group of restaurants, said that his dishwashers and servers were able to buy relatively skimpy, inexpensive “catastrophic” health plans before the ACA. Just under half of Republicans (46 percent) favor federal requirements, with support at 67 percent among independents and 80 percent among Democrats. Despite that sharp difference, majorities in both groups of states want to preserve two core ACA insurance rules, the poll shows.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2017 11:07 UTC