The American public is divided on whether to repeal all of the Affordable Care Act, or just the mandate requiring everyone to buy health insurance.
According to a Gallup poll out Wednesday, 47 percent of Americans favor repealing the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, while 42 percent want it kept in place. The views run along along party lines, with Republicans strongly in favor of repeal and the large majority of Democrats wanting the law kept in place.
The poll also suggests half of Americans say the federal government should be responsible for making sure all Americans have health insurance, which pins the individual mandate, the centerpiece of health reform law, in the middle of a divided nation.
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According to Gallup, "one in four American adults at this point have government-provided health insurance, making it clear that the issue going forward is the degree to which government should be involved in healthcare in the years ahead, rather than whether the government should get out of the healthcare business altogether."
Another survey from CNN/ORC International guaged roughly the same feeling on the individual mandate. According to the poll, 52 percent of Americans favor mandatory health insurance while 47 percent oppose the provision. That's a jump from results found earlier this summer, when 44 percent supported it and 54 percent opposed it.
"The health insurance mandate has gained most support since June among older Americans and among lower-income Americans," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. "A majority of independents opposed the measure in June, but 52 percent of them now favor it."
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