Jessica Estepa

USA TODAY

A majority of Americans want to keep the Affordable Care Act in some manner, according to a poll conducted right before GOP lawmakers unveiled their proposal for replacing the law.

Per the Monmouth University poll, 51% of those surveyed said they would prefer to keep and work to improve ACA. Another 7% said they wanted to keep the health care law as is.

Comparatively, 31% of people wanted ACA repealed with a replacement and another 8% wanted the law repealed without a replacement.

“People on opposite sides of this issue are strongly attached to their position on the ACA," Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement. "Early reviews of the Republican draft plan suggest that it might not do enough to either retain or repeal it, which may leave all sides disappointed."

The poll, which surveyed 801 people ages 18 and older from March 2 to March 5, also found:

33% of people believed that their health care costs would go up under repeal-and-replace efforts, 20% thought costs would go down and 38% said they thought costs would stay the same.

27% of people thought they would have more choices about how they got their health care, 23% believed they would have less choice and 43% thought they would have about the same choice.

53% of people supported health insurance requirements, while 43% opposed such requirements.

The draft legislation released Monday by House Republicans would phase out Medicaid expansion and change subsidies for private insurance.

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