You like it, You really really like it.. Or is it you were against before being for it.. I don’t know, but I have a hard time taking a poll of 1160 people as the pulse of the many. – PB/TK
Facing Threat of Repeal, American Attitudes Shift on Obamacare – Kimberly Leonard U.S. News & World Report
The public perception of President Barack Obama’s health care law is becoming more positive as the Affordable Care Act faces threats of repeal, according to a new poll.
The favorability ratings are at their highest recorded levels since the summer of 2010. The poll, by the Kaiser Family Foundation, has been conducted more than 60 times.
To assemble the data researchers surveyed 1,160 adults by phone in mid-February about their opinions regarding different portions of the law, sometimes called Obamacare. They found that 48 percent of those surveyed now have favorable views of the Affordable Care Act – up from 43 percent in December. In comparison, 42 percent of those surveyed had an unfavorable view of Obamacare, down from 46 percent in the December poll.
The shift was driven largely by people who identified as being politically independent, and the unfavorability rates did not fall below their lowest levels, recorded in July 2010, when they were at 35 percent.
Prior to the most recent poll, the public’s views on the law were more unfavorable than favorable, even as its major provisions became enacted and about 21 million people gained coverage or more robust health insurance.
Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump have long vowed to undo the Affordable Care Act, though they haven’t said what they would replace it with. Democrats have seized on this lack of unity, holding events across the country to tell people about the dangers of repealing the law. During the past week activists and constituents have been protesting repeal at Republican town halls.
In watching lawmakers talk about repealing the law, Americans reported mixed emotions: 56 percent are worried, 53 percent are hopeful, 45 percent are confused, 38 percent are angry and 33 percent are enthusiastic. Nearly half of those surveyed said that they feared someone in their family would lose coverage if the law is repealed and replaced.
Despite the change in overall attitudes, the survey reveals people remain split on what should happen to the law next. Most of those who favor repeal, however, would like to see a replacement plan first.
The survey also examined people’s views on Medicaid expansion, which was a provision of the law that allowed states to provide no- or low-cost coverage to low-income residents. Republicans in Congress have been discussing what to do about this portion of the law, though GOP governors have cautioned that repealing expansion would be damaging to their constituents.
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