12 Percent Of Americans Like Senate Health Care Bill: Poll

WASHINGTON, DC — A meager 12 percent of Americans support the Republicans' alternative to Obamacare currently under consideration in Senate, according to a new poll from USA Today and Suffolk University. Meanwhile, 53 percent say that Obamacare should be left in place either as it is or with some improvements.

Republicans in Congress are committed to the idea that Obamacare must be repealed and replaced, but their efforts in the House and Senate have been besieged by intra-party fighting and a lack of public support. The American Health Care Act, the bill the House passed in May, only garnered support of 17 percent of Americans in one poll. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

However, despite tepid enthusiasm for the bills that Republicans have actually drafted, the party's voters strongly support rolling Obamacare back in theory. Around 80 percent of Republicans in the new poll said they support repealing Obamacare. Around 30 percent said lawmakers should repeal the bill even if they don't have a replacement plan, according to the new poll.

Read the full results of the poll at USA Today. A poll cited by Fox News found similarly low levels of support for the new legislation:

Meanwhile, the White House continues to champion the Senate's work to overhaul the nation's health care system. Press Secretary Sean Spicer tweeted Tuesday the following graphic, urging relief for those who remain uninsured under current law:

See also:

• How To Call Your Senators About The Republican Health Care Bill
• 22M More People Would Lose Insurance Under Senate GOP Plan: Budget Office
• Senate Delays Health Care Vote As Republicans Abandon Bill

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