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More than half of Georgians believe all or at least parts of the Affordable Care Act should be repealed, but an even greater number think the state should move forward with one of the law’s most controversial elements – Medicaid expansion, a poll conducted for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows.

Expanding Medicaid would extend health coverage to about 650,000 low-income Georgians. Although the federal government would cover most of the cost of expansion, Gov. Nathan Deal has rejected it, saying Medicaid is already overtaxed and the state can’t afford to make it even bigger.

Fifty-seven percent of Georgians support the expansion, however, while 39 percent oppose it, according to the statewide poll conducted for the AJC by Abt SRBI. Almost nine in 10 Democrats supported the move versus just 25 percent of Republicans. Support for the expansion was strongest among poll respondents in metro Atlanta (69 percent in favor); people who earn less than $50,000 a year (71 percent); and those in the 18-39 age group (62 percent).

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