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CNN Poll: Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of Trump’s Health Care Policy

Poll comes as Trump freaks out over polling on drug prices – 2020’s top issue

As President Trump continues to freak out that Americans overwhelmingly trust Democrats to lower prescription drug prices, CNN is out with new polling showing Americans disapprove of Trump’s health care policy by a 38-53 margin.
Last week, multiple outlets reported Trump is tearing into aides over polling that shows voters place more faith in Democrats to bring down the skyrocketing costs of drug prices and health care – the top issue heading into November.

Washington Post: Trump lashes out at HHS secretary after briefing shows Democrats leading on health care

President Trump lashed out at Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for not doing enough on health care and drug pricing during a campaign meeting this week after he was briefed on polling that showed the public trusted Democrats more than Republicans on the issue, according to four people present at or briefed about the meeting.

Campaign advisers were updating Trump at the White House on Thursday on polling from battleground states, including Florida, that showed which party voters trusted more on various issues. One of those issues was health care, which often polls as the top voter concern, and the data showed that the public trusted Democrats more than Republicans.

Trump reacted furiously and said the Democrats would “kill us” on health care, according to the four people, who requested anonymity to candidly describe the private meeting. The president then picked up the phone, called Azar and put him on speakerphone in the middle of the meeting, the people said.

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Some Republicans worry Democrats have maintained the upper hand on health care and will replicate their 2018 success in 2020 if Republicans do not have a strong health-care message of their own.

In case you hadn’t heard… Voters trust Democrats by a 16 point margin on drug prices, and by a 21-point margin on health care generally.

And just last week, House Democrats announced we’re going to use our STAGGERING fundraising advantage to hold House Republicans accountable for siding with Mitch McConnell and special interests to block bipartisan House-passed legislation to drive down drug costs.

The DCCC raised $125 million in 2019. And we’ve already started putting our money where our mouth is on this issue.





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