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Despite President Donald Trump’s boasting that “we have essentially repealed Obamacare,” a brand new ballot reveals the Affordable Care Act is extra well-liked than ever. In truth, many individuals don’t know Congress repealed the ACA’s penalty for not having insurance coverage.
The poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation discovered 54 p.c of Americans had a positive view of the 2010 well being regulation that expanded well being protection to hundreds of thousands. That was up 4 factors from January, and it’s highest level for the reason that month-to-month survey started in 2010. (KHN is an editorially unbiased program of the inspiration.)
The survey discovered 40 p.c of respondents had been unaware that Congress in January repealed the person mandate penalty as a part of the federal tax overhaul. It takes effect in 2019. About one in 5 folks had been conscious of the repeal however believed incorrectly that it had taken impact this 12 months.
Only 13 p.c of respondents had been conscious that each the requirement to purchase insurance coverage was repealed and that it stays in impact for 2018.
The public’s lack of information in regards to the particular person mandate possible displays the truth that few persons are affected by it. The majority of Americans have well being protection or are exempt from the mandate as a result of their revenue is just too low, stated Ashley Kirzinger, a Kaiser polling professional.
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“Confusion over the status of the ACA’s individual mandate stems from a lot of different things, but health care policy is complicated and the public generally doesn’t pay attention to details of health policy until it directly impacts them,” she stated.
The ballot confirmed the general public can be break up on what’s motivating states so as to add a piece requirement to Medicaid.
About 41 p.c of these surveyed stated states had been trying to decrease authorities spending whereas 33 p.c believed states had been enacting the brand new necessities to “lift people out of poverty.”
The Trump administration in February accredited requests from Indiana and Kentucky to require some non-disabled adults to work as a situation of getting Medicaid protection. At least eight extra states are ready for a inexperienced mild.
About two-thirds of Americans stated states shouldn’t put cut-off dates on how lengthy folks will be enrolled in Medicaid so long as they qualify, the ballot discovered. Support for lifetime caps was stronger amongst Republicans (51 p.c) than Democrats (16 p.c).
A Kaiser poll from June 2017 discovered that 70 p.c of Americans help states imposing work necessities on non-disabled Medicaid adults.
The newest Kaiser ballot of 1,193 adults was carried out Feb. 15 – 20 and has a margin of error of +/- three proportion factors.
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