Wednesday, December 27, 2017

44 percent of Republicans think Trump repealed Obamacare

Spoiler alert: He hasn’t.


By Sarah Kliffsarah@vox.com  Dec 27, 2017, 1:50pm EST

One-third of American adults believe that President Trump has successfully repealed Obamacare, a new poll from the Economist and YouGov finds.

The poll of 1,000 adults shows that 31 percent believe Trump has repealed the Affordable Care Act, 49 percent say he hasn’t, and 21 percent are unsure.

Of those who identify as Republican voters, 44 percent say that Trump has repealed Obamacare.


Just to be clear, Trump hasn’t repealed Obamacare. Most of the Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land. But the Republicans’ new tax bill did repeal a key feature of the law, the requirement that all Americans carry health insurance coverage

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https://www.vox.com/2017/12/27/16822748/republicans-trump-repeal-obamacare

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