--- title: Senate Health Care Bill: 17% of Americans Approve in Poll description: Only 17% of Americans in a recent survey said they approve of the Senate health care bill. canonical: https://time.com/4836700/senate-health-care-bill-poll-disapproval/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-28T14:48:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T06:20:23.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Just 17% of Americans Approve of the Senate Health Care Bill og:description: A broad majority said they disapprove. og:url: https://time.com/4836700/senate-health-care-bill-poll-disapproval/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt949cdb3e39b42e56/6988d3b5fb4eacdd38892ad7/trump9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump meets Senate Republicans at the White House in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Just 17% of Americans Approve of the Senate Health Care Bill twitter:description: A broad majority said they disapprove. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt949cdb3e39b42e56/6988d3b5fb4eacdd38892ad7/trump9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Just 17% of Americans Approve of the Senate Health Care Bill by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:20 AM CUTPublished: Jun 28, 2017 2:48 PM CUT  Donald Trump meets with Senate Republicans about healthcare in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 27, 2017. Donald Trump meets with Senate Republicans about healthcare in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 27, 2017.Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:20 AM CUTPublished: Jun 28, 2017 2:48 PM CUT Only 17% of Americans in [a recent survey](http://maristpoll.marist.edu/npr-pbs-newshour-marist-poll/ "undefined") said they approve of the Senate health care bill. The [NPR/PBS/NewsHOur/Marist poll](http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/usapolls/us170621%5FPBS%5FNPR/NPR%5FPBS%20NewsHour%5FMarist%20Poll%5FNational%20Nature%20of%20the%20Sample%20and%20Tables%5FTrump%5FCongress%5FHealth%20Care%5FJune%202017.pdf#page=3 "undefined") found that 55% of Americans disapprove of the Better Care Reconciliation Act, while a quarter said they have not heard enough to have an opinion. The poll was conducted before [a Congressional Budget Office report](http://time.com/4832809/health-care-bill-cbo-score-uninsured/ "undefined") came out which found that the bill would leave 22 million more uninsured Americans by 2026 and cut the federal deficit by $321 billion. A [separate poll](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/28/suffolk-poll-obamacare-trump-senate-health-care-plan/103249346/ "undefined") from USA TODAY/Suffolk University taken through Tuesday, when the report came out, showed just 12% support, while a [Quinnipiac poll](https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2470 "undefined") also taken through Tuesday showed only 16% approval. Those numbers are [even worse](http://time.com/4826343/voters-disapprove-house-healthcare-bill/ "undefined") than the House health care bill, which was backed by 35% of voters and opposed by 49% in [a poll](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/21/poll-health-care-bill-obamacare-239784 "undefined") conducted earlier this month. The poll also found broad disapproval of the way Republicans in Congress are handling health care, with 65% saying they disapprove and only 21% saying they approve. The survey of 1,205 adults throughout the contiguous United States was conducted June 21-25\. 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