With tax reform in the rearview mirror, policymakers and voters are sizing up the next big policy battles. Chief among voter concerns is the unraveling healthcare system, which regularly sees double-digit premium increases and questionable results for taxpayer funding. Americans understand that failing to reform the health-care system via the rollback of Obamacare will continue to strain the system and result in lower-quality care at a high cost.
Congress may not have had the courage to fully repeal and replace Obamacare, but it's no secret that Republicans and Trump voters still don't want to give up. A new survey commissioned by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance finds that 60 percent of Republican voters believe Obamacare's individual mandate and the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) are fatally flawed policies, and that rescinding them is an important step toward mitigating the impact of the full law. Furthermore, 73 percent of Republicans and three-quarters of Trump voters believe Obamacare needs to go, and repealing any part of the law is a good start.
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