Americans are still split on health care reform, but only 18% favor a total repeal: poll

Obama has vowed to fight any efforts to repeal
the health care reform he fought to pass.
Though Republicans have vowed to get rid of
Obama's sweeping health care reform as quickly
as possible, it turns out most Americans don't
want the legislation repealed entirely.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll released
Tuesday found that only 18% are in favor of
completely ejecting the health care overhaul
passed last year, which Republicans dubbed
" Obamacare."
That doesn't mean most Americans support the
reform, however: 50% of those polled said they
oppose the law.
It's no surprise that views on the issue are
severely split along party lines.
Three-quarters of Democrats support the law,
according to ABC News, while 80% of
Republicans oppose it. Furthermore, Republicans
polled largely said they anticipate negative
consequences of the legislation, while most Dems
expect positive effects.
However even among those who said they don't
support the law, only 33% favored a flat-out
repeal. Thirty-five percent said they'd like to see a
partial repeal, while 30% voted for a "wait-and-
see approach."
These numbers are almost exactly where they
were back in August of 2009, the Washington
Post reported, meaning attitudes have barely
shifted since the legislation was passed.
The poll comes just as the House of
Representatives resumed debate on the health
care repeal bill, which had been halted in the wake
of the attack on Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
The repeal is not expected to pass the
Democratically controlled Senate, and the White
House has already announced it will block any
attempt to overturn the legislation.
Meanwhile, Democrats welcomed the fight as an
opportunity to defend health care reform.
"The debate in some ways in the House gives us
a chance to...remind people what it is that's at
stake. Why we can't go back to where we were,"
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius told ABC.

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