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According to a new poll, approximately a third of American voters (34 percent) say they support the Republican plan to overhaul health care while a majority (54 percent) disapprove of the new plan.

President Donald Trump’s approval has dropped five points in the last month, according to the poll: 43 percent currently approve of the job he’s doing as president, compared with 51 percent who disapprove.

And on health care, the president’s approval rating is even lower. Just 35 percent approve of how he is handling the issue, compared with 55 percent who disapprove.

Asked about the White House’s revised travel ban, which was halted Wednesday night by a federal judge, 43 percent said they approved of the ban, compared with 54 percent who disapproved.

It will be interesting to see how the public responds to Trump's newly proposed budget, which calls for huge increases in defense spending while slashing programs like Meals on Wheels, the EPA, the De...See More
T.E.C. - Iowa Regarding health care, I find it amazing that Republicans, Trump included, have reached the point where they live in their own reality - despite any facts or research.

For example, the people at the CBO crunch the numbers and tell us Trumpcare will not work. The response of the Trump administration is "They are wrong!" Yet, did T...See More
Mar 17, 2017
Score! On 3/17/17, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > Regarding health care, I find it amazing that Republicans, > Trump included, have reached the point where they live in > their own reality - despite any facts or research. > > For example, the people at the CBO crunch the numbers and tell > us Trumpcare will not work. The response of the Trump &g...See More
Mar 18, 2017
Lulu On 3/18/17, Score! wrote: > > As I recall the CBO figured that Obama Care would have 20 million > people signed up by now and of course, their predictions were > wrong.

"So, was the Congressional Budget Office really “way, way off … in every aspect” of how it predicted that Obamacare would work, as the White House c...See More
Mar 18, 2017
T.E.C. - Iowa The poster "Score" does not get it. Anyone who understands
estimates knows they can be wrong. The question is, once
you do an estimate and the results are something you do
not like, is it okay to "pretend" the estimate does not
exist.

Worse, is it okay to throw out the estimate and in its
place use nothi...See More
Mar 21, 2017


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