--- title: Obamacare Has Support of Majority of Americans, Poll Shows description: A Gallup poll released April 4 shows 55% of Americans support the Affordable Care Act, the first time the law has garnered majority support. canonical: https://time.com/4725736/obamacare-majority-approval-gallup-poll-healthcare/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-04T21:18:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:12:31.751Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: A Majority of Americans Now Support Obamacare og:description: It's the first time the law has majority support og:url: https://time.com/4725736/obamacare-majority-approval-gallup-poll-healthcare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69ccab940818ef0d/6988aab55f570fe75fb22f32/161019_101_obamacare_whatisit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2034 og:image:height: 1144 og:image:alt: 161019_101_Obamacare_Whatisit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: A Majority of Americans Now Support Obamacare twitter:description: It's the first time the law has majority support twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69ccab940818ef0d/6988aab55f570fe75fb22f32/161019_101_obamacare_whatisit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: A Majority of Americans Now Support Obamacare > Sponsored content. 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Scott Applewhite—AP  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 4, 2017 9:18 PM UTC For the first time since the [Affordable Care Act](http://time.com/4173152/president-obama-vetoes-affordable-care-act-repeal/) was signed into law seven years ago, [Barack Obama’s](http://time.com/4710841/obamacare-repeal-barack-obama-statement/) signature legislation has garnered [majority approval](http://time.com/4660227/donald-trump-low-approval-ratings/) among the American people, a new poll shows. [The Gallup poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/207671/affordable-care-act-gains-majority-approval-first-time.aspx) released April 4 shows 55% of Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act. In November of 2016, right after the Presidential election, only 42% approved of the law. However, just 26% want to keep the law the way it is. The poll found 40% want to keep the law but make significant changes to it. A minority of Americans — 30% — want to repeal the law entirely, according to the poll. Gallup released the poll just two week after Congressional Republicans’ attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with an alternative, the American Health Care Act, was [pulled from a vote in the House of Representatives because it lacked adequate support](http://time.com/4712725/ahca-house-repeal-votes-obamacare/). 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