Support for Repealing Obamacare Plunges to an All-Time Low
Source: Think Progress
Now that President Obama has been elected to a second term, political opponents of his landmark health care reform law are beginning to concede that Obamacare is here to stay. And the general public agrees.
As a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll reports, the majority of Americans dont support repealing Obamacare. In fact, after the presidential election, the number of Americans advocating for a full repeal of the health reform law dropped to an all-time low at just 33 percent compared to nearly half of Americans who would rather keep the law in place:
Last week, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) acknowledged that Obamacare is the law of the land, suggesting that Republicans in Congress may finally cease their repeated attempts to repeal the law. But his office quickly walked those statements back, clarifying that Republicans remain very committed to opposing Obamas health reform.
However, if Republican lawmakers continue to stand in opposition to Obamacare by undermining some of the health laws key provisions, public opinion still isnt on their side. Previous polling has shown that Americans tend to be broadly supportive of Obamacares individual provisions such as allowing young adults to remain on their parents insurance plans, and preventing insurance companies from discriminating against Americans with pre-existing conditions even if they remain unsure about what the entire law means for the country.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/11/13/1182431/repealing-obamacare-all-time-low/
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Republicans are going to rue the day they started calling it Obamacare.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Thanks for posting...
lexw
(804 posts)ballaratocker
(126 posts)Now it's here, it's here to stay. The way to build a coalition is to implement lasting policy. The Democrats have implemented a policy that is here to stay and the Republicans now have to deal with it.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)2 years from now, Republicans'll come crawling back and mention that it was originally their idea in Massachusetts. I expect Limbaugh, Hannity, and the rest of their party to fall in line and embrace Obamacare as if they had always supported it.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)FDR-Social Security
LBJ-Medicare
Obama-Affordable Care Act
People, that's called history!
AllyCat
(16,226 posts)3 more days until the deadline to implement his plan (that of course, he didn't bother to develop as he thought RMoney would win). That's okay, if he cannot afford a plan, the federal gov't will assign one for him.
mwb970
(11,366 posts)I assume it's basically the same people every time: right-wing extremists. Can we conclude that the country is about 1/3 crazy then?
Andy Stanton
(264 posts)I hope the blue state voters see that the obstruction efforts of their Rethug governors have been very detrimental to them. I'd love to see the last of Corbett (PA), McDonnell (VA), Walker (Wisc.), Scott (Fla.), LePage (Maine), Snyder (Mich.), Sandoval (Nevada) and Kasich (Ohio) and I think it's very possible that the Obama voters in those states will decide to dump these phonies. The only blue state governor I kind of like is Christie, for obvious reasons.