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Many Insured by Obamacare Voted for Trump: Inside the NumbersDante Chinni
NBC News
In December, a Wall Street Journal story outlined how many counties that voted heavily for Trump also saw increases in health insurance coverage greater than the overall national increase. Those counties, categorized by the American Communities Project, were largely rural and white, with many holding large evangelical populations, and scattered throughout the key states that won Trump the presidency.
To be clear, an increase in coverage does not necessarily equal support for the ACA. Just because people follow a government mandate doesn't mean they support the mandate. But the data suggest that if the ACA is "repealed" and not "replaced," communities that voted for Trump would see some of the biggest drops in coverage.
That's the complicated terrain the GOP now finds itself facing as it tackles Obamacare. And as the idea of "repeal and replace" gets closer to reality, you can expect those political concerns to exert an increasingly strong pull on the coming Trump administration and the new Washington.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)abundantly clear they don't want it, that somehow they will get it magically on their own. Good luck with that, but if that's what they want, then fine. I used to care, but I don't anymore. Maybe they can ask Putin for healthcare, apparently they are in love with him.
GP6971
(31,220 posts)What is Russia's health care program other than vodka?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)flamingdem
(39,328 posts)they complain about cost - many are justified it is expensive in California if income is 40 grand ish - and they want to pick their doctor - but they think he'll lower prices!!!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)way it is in the US, and the cost of many prescriptions is outrageous.
elleng
(131,138 posts)What they DON'T support is 'Obamacare.'
Our real problems are an uninformed, misled and ignorant electorate. These problems are only solved with hard, long-term work.
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)so of course they believed him
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)improve life for everyone.
pnwmom
(108,995 posts)Only the repeal part is likely to happen for the foreseeable future.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)were under the impression that Obamacare and the ACA are two different things! Perhaps they believed Obamacare was for URBAN Americans and the ACA was for everybody else... Don't know!
The STUPID of the American public is truly unbelieveable! And scary!