The future of Obamacare is once again in the political spotlight, with former President Donald Trump promising to replace it if he wins the White House next year and President Joe Biden vowing to protect the law if he stays in office.
But the Affordable Care Act, as it’s more formally known, isn’t a top concern among Republicans voters, according to the latest KFF health tracking poll released Friday, which was conducted prior to Trump’s remarks late last month.
In fact, Democratic voters were more than twice as likely as their GOP peers to say that the future of the health reform law is a “very important” issue for the 2024 presidential candidates to discuss. Overall, 49% of voters said the issue is “very important,” but breaking it down by party, 70% of Democratic voters felt that way, while only 32% of Republican voters did. Obamacare had been a key health care issue for GOP voters in the past.
Obamacare burst back onto the political scene over the past week after Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Republicans should “never give up” on trying to repeal the law, adding that he was “seriously looking at alternatives.” That prompted Biden’s campaign and his Democratic allies to unleash surrogates, messaging pushes and a TV ad aimed at drawing a stark contrast between the president’s efforts to improve health care and Trump’s approach.
Health care remains a top voter issue
The affordability of health care was the second-most important topic that voters want to hear discussed in the coming presidential election campaign, trailing only inflation, KFF found.
Other health care-related issues in the top 10 were the future of Medicare and Medicaid, access to mental health care, prescription drug costs, the opioid crisis, abortion and the future of the Affordable Care Act.
But the importance of health care…
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