--- title: Donald Trump: Health Care Plan Viewed Unfavorably by Most description: While President Donald Trump is on focused getting the American Health Care Act passed, most Americans don't like the AHCA, a poll has found canonical: https://time.com/4799607/obamacare-donald-trump-health-care-poll/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-31T16:30:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:11:27.569Z article:section: Politics og:title: People Like Obamacare More Than Donald Trump's Plan to Replace It og:description: A poll revealed that 55% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the AHCA og:url: https://time.com/4799607/obamacare-donald-trump-health-care-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dc5f8975f592996/6988cf8f196cf4572a0405df/gettyimages-652916944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: President Trump Holds Meeting On Healthcare og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Like Obamacare More Than Donald Trump's Plan to Replace It twitter:description: A poll revealed that 55% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the AHCA twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dc5f8975f592996/6988cf8f196cf4572a0405df/gettyimages-652916944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Like Obamacare More Than Donald Trump's Plan to Replace It > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 31, 2017 4:30 PM UTC  President Donald Trump attends a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. The House Republicans' bill known as the 'American Health Care Act', which is intended to replace the Affordable Care Act and is endorsed by President Trump, has faced criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. President Donald Trump attends a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. The House Republicans' bill known as the 'American Health Care Act', which is intended to replace the Affordable Care Act and is endorsed by President Trump, has faced criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. Photograph by Michael Reynolds—Pool/Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 31, 2017 4:30 PM UTC While [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4799053/donald-trump-covfefe-twitter/) is focused on getting the [American Health Care Act](http://time.com/4794400/health-care-premiums/) passed, a recent poll shows that most Americans don’t like the plan. The [Kaiser Health Tracking Poll](http://kff.org/health-reform/report/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-may-2017-the-ahcas-proposed-changes-to-health-care/) shows that 55% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the AHCA, while 31% have a favorable one. However, only 8% of respondents said the Senate should pass the plan as it’s written. As for those strongly opposed or in favor of the AHCS, more people said that they have a “very unfavorable” view of the plan than those who said they have a “very favorable” view — 40% and 12%, respectively. As for the [Affordable Care Act,](http://time.com/4755983/ahca-health-care-lawmakers-congress-exempt/) which was signed into law by Barack Obama in 2010, 49% of people viewed it favorably, while 42% viewed it unfavorably. Although, support for AHCA is much higher among Republicans — 67% of whom are in favor of the proposed plan. 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