---
title: "Just More than Half Aware of Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Most of Health Care Law"
description: "In a survey done just after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, 55% correctly said that the court upheld most of the law’s provisions."
date: "2012-07-09"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2012/07/09/just-more-than-half-aware-of-supreme-courts-decision-to-uphold-most-of-health-care-law/"
---

# Just More than Half Aware of Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Most of Health Care Law

Just 55% of Americans correctly said that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most provisions of the 2010 health care law in a survey done shortly after the June 28 ruling.

More than four-in-ten (45%) said that the court either rejected most provisions of the law (15%) or that they did not know what the court did (30%). Among those aware that the court upheld most of the law, 50% approved of the decision while 42% disapproved.

Comparable percentages among partisan groups correctly said that the court upheld most of the law’s provisions: 64% of Democrats said this, as did 56% each of Republicans and independents. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2012/07/02/division-uncertainty-over-courts-health-care-ruling/)