A new poll from the progressive Public Policy Polling finds just 29% of Americans support the GOP tax plan after learning it would remove the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act.
Why it matters: The PPP survey also found 57% of voters surveyed approve of the ACA, which is five points up from September polling and makes it far more popular than the tax plan. A recent poll from another progressive group, Priorities USA, that found electoral support for Republican incumbents dropped by 6 percentage points when voters saw ads detailing how the GOP tax plan would make cuts to Medicare.
Enrollment through HealthCare.gov is picking up steam as the deadline to get covered gets closer — but not enough steam to match past year's results. More than 1 million people signed up last week, the highest total for any single week so far, pushing total enrolment for the year up to roughly 4.7 million.
The bottom line: The totals are still not on pace to catch up to the 9 million people who signed up through HealthCare.gov during last year’s open enrollment period — which was twice as long and featured a well-funded outreach effort that no longer exists.
