Policy and Legislation
The monthly tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds overall support for the health law ticked up to 48 percent in February, the highest point since shortly after it passed in 2010.
House Republicans and the Department of Justice filed a joint motion requesting the continuance of a court order that temporarily holds off on blocking cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers.
A single-payer system would replace private insurance with a government plan that pays for coverage for everyone.
Lawmakers are considering relaxing or eliminating the restrictions on how much more insurers can charge older consumers.
Congress and President Trump will pass a bill to repeal the law but it will not institute major changes immediately, the former HHS secretary said.
Slavitt and McClellan say software is still not meeting the needs of clinicians and patients.
The change comes as addiction to opioids, which include heavy-duty painkillers and heroin, still sweeps the country.
Experts say there's room to "skinny up" the requirements in some areas by changing regulations that federal officials wrote to implement the law.
Some business owners welcome the rollback of the law, but the smallest of California businesses have the most to lose under repeal.
The data revealed that only 16 percent of practices felt the ACA would be repealed completely.