Depends which "individual piece", especially whether it was on the side that "spent money" or correspondingly "raised taxes". The individual mandate polled as

Depends which "individual piece", especially whether it was on the side that "spent money" or correspondingly "raised taxes". The individual mandate polled as 43% "very unfavorable" and 20% "somewhat unfavorable". Perhaps that's why it was, in fact, repealed. https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-november-2016/ https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kaiser-health-... See also the discussion in this thread, which mentions other unpopular provisions like the Cadillac tax (also repealed!): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24410307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24410307