WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — According to NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday, forty-five percent of respondents believe that the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, is a "good idea," which is the highest percentage since the pollsters began asking the same question in April 2009.
The poll found that 41 percent of Americans say Obamacare is a bad idea, the lowest number since the law passed in 2010.
The poll comes amid a report alleging that up to 18 million Americans will be left without health insurance coverage in the first year after Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
"The number of people who are uninsured would increase by 18 million in the first new plan year following enactment of the bill," the report, issued on Tuesday, stated. "Later, after the elimination of the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid eligibility and of subsidies for insurance purchased through the ACA marketplaces, that number would increase to 27 million, and then to 32 million in 2026."
The Affordable Care Act has provided insurance to about 20 million previously uninsured Americans at substantial costs for businesses.
US President-elect Donald Trump and many Republicans in Congress have repeatedly said Obamacare has placed undue burden on individuals and businesses and repealing the law would be their first priority.
Last week, Congress passed a Republican budget resolution to start the repeal of Obamacare.
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