Discussions about rising costs for healthcare, primarily surrounding Obamacare, have divided Republicans as they contemplate whether to reform or replace the system. (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images; Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The view among independents completely breaks down along party lines. The polling, conducted in partnership with the West Health-Gallup Center on Health Care in America, found that 91% of Democrats approve of the program, while only 15% of Republicans hold the same view.
Those findings indicate that Americans are more split on Obamacare’s effectiveness than ever. At the same time, a record 57% of respondents overall said they held a positive view of Obamacare where 35% said they held a negative view — the greatest disparity between the two positions since Gallup started tracking it in 2013. This year’s polling puts Obamacare’s approval rating at its highest ever, according to Gallup.
Gallup’s polling comes as lawmakers in Congress wrestle over what tweaks can be made to make Obamacare more affordable or if the country would be better off replacing it entirely.
Those deliberations began with the smaller question of whether to extend emergency, COVID-19-era assistance for the program.
SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL PLAN TO REPLACE OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES WITH HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Rep. Harriet Hageman testifies on a resolution during a House Rules Committee meeting in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 11, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Senate Republicans are poised to unveil a proposal for how to address the expiring Obamacare subsidies sometime later this month. Amid many competing plans, it’s unclear what that proposal will contain.
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The Senate will also vote on the Democrats' three-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies in their current form. That vote is expected to fail amid staunch Republican opposition.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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