By contrast, a combined 21 percent say they either have a great deal of confidence or some confidence that GOP health-care efforts would make things better; 18 percent have an mixed opinion.

The NBC/WSJ poll also finds a combined 51 percent of Americans saying that Obama’s health-care law is either working well the way it is (8 percent), or that it needs just minor modifications to improve it (43 percent).

That’s compared with a combined 47 percent who believe the law needs a “major overhaul” (29 percent) or that it should be “totally eliminated” (18 percent).