Forbes October 16, 2020
The Affordable Care Act wins 55% support among the public for its highest level ever recorded since becoming law a decade ago, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll released Friday.
The poll finds growing support for the ACA, also known as Obamacare, across the political spectrum, including Republicans, who don’t want the law’s protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions to go away. The ACA was signed into law in 2010 by President Barack Obama and has expanded health insurance coverage to more than 20 million Americans.
The survey showed 55% of the public has a favorable view of the ACA, “matching the highest share ever recorded in 10 years of (Kaiser Family Foundation) polling,” the foundation...