Syracuse, N.Y. -- While many Americans still have a negative view of Obamacare, most oppose the idea of cutting off funding to stop the law from being implemented, according to a poll.
The poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found 57 percent of Americans disapprove of the idea of defunding the law.
Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, requires most Americans to get health insurance next year or face a financial penalty. Some lawmakers in Washington, D.C. who oppose the law say that if members of Congress cannot repeal it, they should cut off funding to stop the law from being put in place.
The most common reason poll respondents cited for opposing defunding is that "using the budget process to stop a law is not the way our government should work."
But public opinion of the law continued to tilt negative. The poll shows 37 percent of Americans say they have a favorable view of the law and 42 percent have an unfavorable view, shares that have held relatively steady since February.
Roughly half the public continues to say they don't have enough information about the federal law to understand how it will impact them and their family.
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