Public Opinion Of Obamacare Remains Sharply Divided In Latest Poll

In a new NBC-Wall Street Journal survey, 48 percent said the health law is either working well or only needs minor improvements, while 50 percent said it needs a major overhaul or should be eliminated. Ahead of the Supreme Court's decision on the law's health insurance subsidies, those polled were also divided on the political leanings of the justices, with 39 percent believing the court is too liberal, 38 percent saying it's too conservative and 6 percent saying it's "about right."

NBC News: Poll: Views On Obamacare Unchanged Ahead Of Looming Supreme Court Decision

Views on President Barack Obama's federal health-care law remain unchanged ahead of an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could potentially gut the law, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. (Murray, 6/24)

The Wall Street Journal: Poll Finds Backing For Gay Marriage And A Split On Health Law

The American public strongly favors the prospect of the Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide but remains split over the 2010 health law, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds just ahead of expected high-court rulings on both matters. ... The court is also expected soon to rule on whether low-income residents of states that didn’t set up insurance marketplaces under the 2010 health law are entitled to the same subsidized health insurance as those in states that created their own marketplaces. Support for the law has improved since the disastrous rollout of the new marketplaces in the fall of 2013. The latest poll, which surveyed 1,000 adults between June 14 and 18, found Americans almost evenly divided on the law. (O'Connor, 6/25)

The Associated Press: 5 Things: Public Opinion Backs Gov't In Health Care Case

Most Americans want the Supreme Court to side with the government when it decides whether the feds can continue subsidizing insurance premiums in all 50 states under President Barack Obama's health care law, according to polls in recent months. Few, however, have much confidence that the court can rule objectively in the case, King v. Burwell. (Swanson, 6/25)

Another study released this week looks at the impact of Obamacare’s employer mandate -

Politico Pro: Survey: Obamacare Isn’t Increasing Part-Time Work

The Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate doesn’t appear to be driving more employees into part-time work, according to a new ADP study released Wednesday. The findings seem to contradict a frequent criticism from the law’s opponents — that businesses will cut back workers’ hours or add more part-time employees to avoid triggering the Obamacare requirement to offer health insurance to full-time employees. (Karlin, 6/24)

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