--- title: AHCA: 31% of Americans Favor GOP Health Care Bill description: Less than a third of Americans support the GOP health care bill aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act, according to a new poll canonical: https://time.com/4771690/ahca-gop-health-care-bill-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-08T23:07:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:48:59.613Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Just 31% of Americans Support the House GOP Health Care Bill og:description: More respondents said they think it will be worse than Obamacare og:url: https://time.com/4771690/ahca-gop-health-care-bill-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbab355c13136568b/6988cc7ea988cade9e6bc21d/house-gop-health-care-bill-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Just 31% of Americans Support the House GOP Health Care Bill twitter:description: More respondents said they think it will be worse than Obamacare twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbab355c13136568b/6988cc7ea988cade9e6bc21d/house-gop-health-care-bill-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: Just 31% of Americans Support the House GOP Health Care Bill  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 8, 2017 11:07 PM UTC  President Donald Trump looks to House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and other House congressmen in the Rose Garden after the House pushed through a health care bill, at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 04, 2017. President Donald Trump looks to House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and other House congressmen in the Rose Garden after the House pushed through a health care bill, at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 04, 2017.Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 8, 2017 11:07 PM UTC Less than a third of Americans support the GOP health care bill aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act that [passed the House](http://time.com/4767631/hey-hey-goodbye-healthcare-bill/) last week, according to a [new poll](http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/tabsHPHealthCareReform20170505.pdf). While 31% of Americans said they support the bill, 44% of respondents said they oppose it and a quarter said they were unsure, according to the [HuffPost/YouGov survey](http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/tabsHPHealthCareReform20170505.pdf). More of those surveyed (39%) said the [American Health Care Act](http://time.com/4768740/democrats-health-care-vote/) would likely be worse than the Affordable Care Act than said it would be better (26%). The GOP bill passed narrowly in the House and now faces [consideration in the Senate](http://time.com/4769420/ahca-health-care-senate-vote/). 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