Poll: Public opposition to Senate health bill increases

A new poll has found that public opposition to Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare grew slightly larger in the past month.

The Kaiser Family Foundation poll released on Friday also suggested that sixty-one percent of Americans hold unfavorable views of the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This value was an increase from the 55 percent who held negative views in June.

According to Kaiser, 44 percent of the people polled hold “very unfavorable” views of the plan, showing an increase from 38 percent in June.

However, a majority of self-identified US President Donald Trump’s supporters and Republicans said they have favorable views of the replacement plan.

On Thursday the Senate released an updated version of the legislation, and plan to hold a key procedural vote next week.

The Republican bill is aimed at fulfilling Trump’s pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, the signature health…

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