The House Republicans have stopped voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) right now, and some Republicans are now talking about keeping it and "fixing" it. That's because those Republicans are finally starting to realize that repealing Obamacare is not the great election issue they once thought it was -- as poll after poll keeps showing a majority of Americans don't want Obamacare repealed.
And the newest Kaiser Foundation Poll once again verifies that. The survey was taken between May 13th and 19th of 1,505 nationwide adults (with a 3 point margin of error).
As you can see, the opposition to Obamacare has now dropped from a majority of Americans to a plurality (45%) -- and some of those view it unfavorably not because it went too far, but because it didn't go far enough (like all the way to a single-payer system). And a clear majority of Americans (59%) say they do not want Obamacare repealed -- they want it kept and improved.
The people really do like most of what Obamacare does. The only part of it they don't care for is the individual mandate -- and the dislike of that is shrinking as most Americans find out it doesn't affect them at all (affecting only about 6% of the population). Most people are either covered with insurance through their employer, or get a government subsidy to help buy private insurance. People are starting to realize that the GOP lied to them by making them believe they would be forced to buy insurance they couldn't afford.
And one more part of the poll shows that Obamacare repeal is not a good issue this year. Slightly more than half the population are tired of the Obamacare debate. They want their representatives to move on to other more important issues -- like fixing the economy and creating jobs.
