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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSince repeal scare, Obamacare has never been more popular
Underscoring the adage that you don't know what you've got until it's (almost) gone, the popularity of Obamacare is surging.
Only weeks after Republicans in Congress failed to repeal the landmark health reform law, 52 percent of respondents hold a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation August poll. That's up 10 percentage points since June of last year and nearly 20 points since November 2013, when public support for the ACA was at its nadir.
A July poll by CBS News after the repeal effort collapsed found that a plurality of Americans favor a bipartisan push in Congress to improve Obamacare.
The shift in sentiment coincides with other positive developments for Obamacare following its close call in Washington. With several large, and some smaller, insurers pulling out of the program over the past year or so, until recently it looked as if more than 92,000 participants spread out over 82 counties would have no insurer in their local health care exchanges, Cynthia Cox, associate director of Kaiser Family Foundation, said. But state insurance commissioners and other officials in states in jeopardy of losing Obamacare coverage have worked closely with insurers to negotiate continued coverage.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/since-repeal-scare-obamacare-has-never-been-more-popular/ar-AAqYfcT?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp
flamingdem
(39,314 posts)is the same as Obamacare.
I wonder if the confusion was sown by right wing radio and Fox.
unblock
(52,285 posts)people remember that they like democratic programs, democratic policies, democratic candidates.
republicans and their terrible ideas only stand a chance while they're running relentless propaganda.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Looks like ACA is here to stay!