Poll: ObamaCare reaches new popularity

ObamaCare is more popular today than it has been since 2009, according to a new poll from NBC News/Wall Street Journal. 

Forty-five percent of those polled view the healthcare legislation as a good idea, while 41 percent think it is a bad idea.

The poll notes that this is the first time since the Affordable Care Act became law that more Americans view it as a good idea than a bad idea.

{mosads}While 80 percent of Democrats think the legislation is good, only 13 percent of Republicans feel the same way.

The poll comes as Congress last week passed a budget resolution that includes the first step toward repealing the healthcare legislation. 

President-elect Donald Trump vowed throughout the campaign to repeal and replace the law. Despite some pushback from members of his own party in Congress, he recently reiterated that a replacement must come “very quickly.”

The survey was conducted Jan. 12-15 and polled 1,000 adults with a margin of error of 3.1 points.