The takeaway here is that Americans for the most part do not understand the law, but what they do understand they (Americans) do not like. Big trouble moving forward for us all. It aint gonna be pretty!
Disapproval
of ObamaCare reaches new high, poll finds
By Elise Viebeck - 09/16/13 01:15 PM EDT
A
new poll finds 53 percent of people disapprove of ObamaCare and President
Obama's approach to healthcare policy, a record high on both questions.
The survey from USA Today and the Pew
Research Center also found Republicans have gained a narrow but telling edge on
healthcare issues generally.
The
poll revealed that 40 percent now prefer the GOP on healthcare compared to 39
percent who prefer Democrats, erasing a preference for Democrats that had
stretched back more than 20 years.
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The findings come just two weeks before
ObamaCare's new insurance marketplaces open for enrollment. But that process,
which is crucial to healthcare reform's success, could see trouble given
ongoing confusion among crucial groups.
About
one-third (34 percent) reported that they do not understand how the healthcare
law will work, a figure that has only slightly improved since the law's
passage.
Meanwhile, nearly four in 10 of the uninsured do not realize they will be required to buy coverage or pay a fine starting next year.
This understanding is better among the general population, where seven in 10 grasp the so-called individual mandate, but worse among young people whose participation in the new exchanges is vital to ObamaCare's success.
Some have attributed the public's weak understanding of healthcare reform to Republicans' opposition to the law.
In Congress, the GOP has voted more than 40 times to repeal, defund or dismantle ObamaCare, and states run by Republicans have often worked against the administration to undermine the law's rollout.
The House GOP is debating how best to thwart ObamaCare during the next fiscal battle to fund the government.
Conservatives want to pass a spending bill that funds every part of the government except the healthcare law, hoping the imminent threat of a shutdown will force Obama to neglect the reform.
But ObamaCare's opponents do not necessarily agree on this tact, according to the poll. A majority (51 percent to 42 percent) said officials should help the law succeed instead of working to ensure its failure.
USA Today and Pew polled 1,506 adults between Sept. 4-8. The survey's margin of error is three percent.
Meanwhile, nearly four in 10 of the uninsured do not realize they will be required to buy coverage or pay a fine starting next year.
This understanding is better among the general population, where seven in 10 grasp the so-called individual mandate, but worse among young people whose participation in the new exchanges is vital to ObamaCare's success.
Some have attributed the public's weak understanding of healthcare reform to Republicans' opposition to the law.
In Congress, the GOP has voted more than 40 times to repeal, defund or dismantle ObamaCare, and states run by Republicans have often worked against the administration to undermine the law's rollout.
The House GOP is debating how best to thwart ObamaCare during the next fiscal battle to fund the government.
Conservatives want to pass a spending bill that funds every part of the government except the healthcare law, hoping the imminent threat of a shutdown will force Obama to neglect the reform.
But ObamaCare's opponents do not necessarily agree on this tact, according to the poll. A majority (51 percent to 42 percent) said officials should help the law succeed instead of working to ensure its failure.
USA Today and Pew polled 1,506 adults between Sept. 4-8. The survey's margin of error is three percent.
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