Most Americans support extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies that are at the center of the federal funding dispute that shut down the government this week, according to a new poll. About three quarters of the public (78%) said they’d like Congress to extend the credits for people with low and moderate incomes, according to a new KFF Health Tracking Poll released Friday .

The survey, conducted Sept. 23 through Sept. 29, found 59% of Republicans and 57% of “Make America Great Again” supporters are in favor of the tax credit extension, along with 82% of independents and 92% of Democrats.

Democrats have made the expiring subsidies the centerpiece of their argument for not supporting Republicans’ bills to fund the government.

The ACA subsidies lower costs for the people who are enrol

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