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About 30% of Americans want the ACA (Obamacare) repealed, at this point. Americans are starting to see the benefits of this law now, with 90% of Americans now insured, and healthcare cost increases are increasing at a decreasing rate.
By late 2016, at least 20 million Americans will have Obamacare and will NOT want to vote Republican.
Weren't there some polls that said a portion wanted it ended while others said they were unhappy with it in it's current form? Because, there is a pretty big difference between not wanting it ended, and actually being happy with it.
This month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds public opinion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to be almost evenly split, with 43 percent reporting a favorable view and 42 percent reporting an unfavorable view. The share with a favorable view exceeds the share with an unfavorable view for the first time since November 2012, albeit by one percentage point, and the difference is within the survey’s margin of sampling error and is not statistically significant.
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The public continues to be divided about what they would like to see Congress do next with the law. Just under half want Congress to either expand what the law does (24 percent) or continue implementing it as is (22 percent), while about 4 in 10 want to see Congress either scale back the law (12 percent) or repeal it entirely (29 percent). These shares have remained constant for nearly six months.
Weren't there some polls that said a portion wanted it ended while others said they were unhappy with it in it's current form? Because, there is a pretty big difference between not wanting it ended, and actually being happy with it.
That's true. Republicans want it ended for political reasons. Liberals are not happy with it because it is not single payer system and didn't go far enough. Pretty much everyone acknowledges that it is here to stay in one form or another, except for the far right wingers.
There has always been a conflict in the response to ACA. While a majority disliked it a bigger majority liked certain features such as no rejection for prior conditions and including older children and others. These would not be feasible without ACA or something similar.
There are clearly things that should be fixed...but that really can't be done until it becomes accepted that ACA is not going away.
Really does not matter how many approve or oppose it at this point, the point is it cannot be killed off with a real replacement, pssst shopping across state lines does not qualify as a viable replacement. So stomp your feet and say it is not fair all you want, but until there is a valid replacement there will be no killing off of the ACA.
I think approve/disapprove of the policy is not the same as should it be repealed. I could disapprove of the policy but still not be for repeal.
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