Obamacare Is Hurting Families - Gallup Poll

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This update is from Gallup polling conducted between Feb. 28 and March 2, just prior to the Obama administration's announcement this week that insurance companies will be able to delay until next year the requirement that they cancel or replace policies that don't conform to the provisions of the law often referred to as "Obamacare."

The 23% who feel the law has hurt them is the highest percentage for the question since Gallup began asking Americans about it in 2012, and is up from 19% in previous polling.

Party Affiliation Plays a Big Role in Americans' Responses

When Americans answer the question about the law's impact on them and their families, their political orientation substantially affects their responses. Republicans are more than five times as likely (39%) as Democrats (7%) to say the ACA has had a negative impact. One in four independents (25%) say the law has hurt them or their families.

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A Divided, but Largely Negative Outlook for the Law's Long-Term Impact

Despite the extraordinary emphasis on fixing problems with the healthcare exchanges that marred the initial rollout of the law, and a national campaign to enroll more Americans through the exchanges, most Americans remain unconvinced that the law will be beneficial to their families in the long run. By 40% to 21%, Americans say the law is more likely to make their families' healthcare situations worse rather than better, with the rest saying it will make little difference.

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Americans Continue to Disapprove Rather Than Approve of Law

Americans continue to be more negative than positive when asked about their overall attitudes toward the law. Approval has hovered around the 40% mark in recent months, down from as high as 48% just after the November 2012 election, reflecting the problems with the healthcare exchanges, and the widespread and highly publicized policy cancellations Americans received as the law began to take effect. Disapproval of the ACA has hovered at or slightly above the 50% mark since last summer, with some survey-to-survey fluctuations.

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Bottom Line

For a White House that has made healthcare reform one of its core missions, the relatively low approval ratings for the Affordable Care Act are surely disappointing, though they are certainly nothing new. What may be more disappointing is the growing percentage of Americans who feel the law has already hurt them and their families, though, at 23%, this remains relatively small in absolute terms. Additionally, it is not clear whether some of these, particularly Republicans, have actually been harmed by the law or are more generally expressing their disapproval of it.

Open enrollment for healthcare ends later this month, and the ACA's legacy will likely be judged in the long term rather than by Americans' initial reactions to its implementation. So, low approval ratings and a compromised rollout could be a thing of the past if Americans covered under the ACA ultimately like their healthcare once the law goes into full effect.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/167756/number-americans-saying-aca-hurt-inches.aspx

 

Was there a comment in there from you, or did you just cut and paste something randomly?

 

He did just what Mr. RB normally does.

 

If anyone cared enough to actually talk to real people, rather than immerse themselves blindly in party politics, they'll hear story after story of the pain being caused by Obamacare. I understand that real world evidence is contrary to the liberal narrative but, if you have doubts, spend a little time with real people.

 

How do you feel the relative pain financial/physical/emotional, etc 'caused' as you posit by ACA compares to that of other government undertakings, like say Iraq invasion, Afghanistan invasion, and such. Please give statistics and facts to support your analysis.

 

How many of those fake victim's of the ACA have been completely debunked now? I have actually lost count. I do like the Repukes railing on about the ACA though. I keeps them from addressing others issues that they might actually be able to affect if they weren't fixated on the ACA. Tell me more pukes, tell me more.

 

This should elicit a whole lot of silence.

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Um, prove it?
....and explain why only 3 million have signed up...

 

175 million - the number of people who disapprove of Obamacare.

 

4 million. And why do I have to explain it?

 

One has to ask what the alternative to the ACA was that the Republicans came up with or have since come up with? Are we supposed to believe that the most dysfunctional, do-nothing House of Reps in history would have come up with some plan we could have looked at as an alternative by now? Or would they have been happy to do exactly what they have done about everything else from jobs, to the economy, the infrastructure projects...which as it turned out was exactly nothing. There was no alternative but there was plenty of gridlock and obstructionism from the Right. Criticize all you want but those criticisms will fall on deaf ears until you have an alternative which I know you will never, never have. So squawk all you want. That's what parrots do.

 

Including those renewing their medicaid.

BTW, just how many of this 4 million have paid?

 

Your reasoning is fallacious. It's like asking if someone would like to have pile of shit or if they would rather have none. Once no one takes the pile of shit, you scream "We at least offered you something". But, I understand you want a pile of shit, so have at it.

 

So you are saying that you still have nothing but you regard what has been offered as a pile if shit and have been calling it that before it had even begun to be implemented. I'm sure that you are all too happy to accept each of the benefits as they roll out. You don't mind being able to not be turned down for a pre-existing medical condition. I'm sure you don't mind having preventive health care covered. AND I know based on your posts that the expanded mental health coverage is going to come in real handy for you in particular. So keep enjoying all those benefits or feel free to turn them down. I'm kind of betting you won't hypocrite.

 

If you want to wallow in a pile of shit, that's your business. Obamacare has already hurt a friend of mine and his family so you can say whatever you will, but I'm happy for you that you're wallowing like a pig in slop. This is the worst legislation to be passed since... well... ever.

 

But you'll take those benefits anyway? Hypocrite!

 

Did I say I've taken any "benefits" from Obamacare? No, I don't believe I did.

 

That's the beauty eh, they are part of the new healthcare law as consumer protections that didn't exist prior to the law. Here is what you do. when you eventually change to a new health insurance for whatever reason, make sure that you tell the new insurance company that you want to pay out of pocket for any health condition you had prior to the new policy. I'm sure they will be glad to comply. If you happen to have any preventive health care services, insist on paying for them yourself. I would say that if your wife uses birth control make sure that you pay out of pocket for those expense except my guess is that living with you is sort of a natural birth control all by itself.

 

Well, aren't you the sassy little bitch? Why would I do any of those things if I never did them prior to Obamacare? All Obamacare has done is forced Americans to pay yet another tax.

 

Singular tax!??? Actually there are at least 21+ new taxes.