Here are six takeaways:
1. Most voters from both parties support action making high-cost drugs for chronic conditions affordable for patients.
2. The majority of Republicans and Democrats agreed health plans should have a sufficient number of physicians and hospitals in their networks to serve patients.
3. Less than 33 percent of all voters supported a proposal that repealed ACA requirements for employers to give health insurance to their employees or face a fine. The proposal would also lower the tax subsidies some Americans receive to help pay for premiums as well as get rid of a tax on high-cost health plans.
4. However, 60 percent of Republicans want to repeal the ACA, with 31 percent saying the government plays too large a role in healthcare as a primary reason for why they contest the health law.
5. Seventy percent of all voters supported the notion of establishing a public heath insurance option that competes with private health insurance plans. Fifty-three percent supported a plan to create a government-administered public health insurance option to compete with private health insurance plans.
6. When considering the fact that a public option would reimburse physicians and hospitals less, 21 percent of those who initially voiced support changed their stance, saying they opposed a public option. Thirteen percent changed their stance from opposing to supporting a public option after considering that a public health option may lower overall costs.
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