Lower-Income Republicans Say Government Should Ensure Health Care: Pew

While a majority of Republicans as a whole oppose the Affordable Care Act, aka, Obamacare, lower-income members of the party are more likely to say they approve of the act and to say the government is responsible for ensuring health care coverage, according to a Pew Research Center study.

The study, which Pew released Thursday as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the American Healthcare Act, the Republicans' attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, also found that "views of the government’s role in ensuring health care coverage vary widely by education."

Here's how the numbers break down:

• 30 percent of Republicans with family incomes of $30,000 or less approve of Obamacare
• 52 percent of Republicans with family incomes of $30,000 or less say the government has a responsibility to ensure health coverage
• 11 percent of Republicans with family incomes of $75,000 or more approve of Obamacare
• 18 percent of Republicans with family incomes of $75,000 or more say the government has a responsibility to ensure health coverage

Overall, only 15 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents approve of the law, and 32 percent of them say the government has a responsibility to ensure coverage for all Americans.

Conversely, three-quarters or more of Democrats across all education and income groups approve of the AHCA and say ensuring coverage is the government's responsibility.

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