Health care has become an increasingly hot-button topic, and the "Better Care Reconciliation Act" has been receiving some major pushback from voters and politicians alike.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would delay a vote on the bill until after July 4. A growing number of Republican senators have distanced themselves from this bill, including Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Others have said they will not vote for the bill as it currently stands. Meanwhile, voter support for the bill seems to be alarming low as well.
Of voters polled by NPR/PBS, only 17 percent of voters are in support of this bill, with 55 percent against. In addition, 25 percent of those polled are not sure what they think about the bill because they don’t know enough about it.
As expected, Democrat support for this bill is low at 6 percent approval and 78 percent disapproval, but even among Republicans and Independents, there is not much support. Republicans are at 35 percent approval for this bill and 25 percent disapproval. While Independents poll even lower at 13 percent approval and 68 percent disapproval.
What will happen between now and July 5 is anyone’s guess, but at current support the way it is, it may be difficult for even a Republican majority senate to garner support for this bill to pass as it currently stands.
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