Comments

2
Considering that White House is probably going to delay the individual mandate until after the midterms, a move that even the NYT finds blatantly political, the ACA's popularity upward tick is not surprising.
3
@2 And the obstructionist wing nuts continue to not have any ideas even remotely reasonably worth considering as an alternative to the ACA.

When we eventually get to single-payer, raindrop, I am gonna laugh and laugh at you and your ilk.
4
@2 you seem to be confusing the White House with Congress. And "probably" with "if they find a magic genie".
5
As the horror stories fail to come true I expect there to be some bounce back. So many of the scare tactics by the right are complete fabrications. In the end many people with insurance at work won't notice a difference at all. Those that do sign up will be suffering through the same insurance coverage snafus all of us have been for decades. And a lot of invincibles are actually quite happy to be able to get insurance finally. Hopefully we'll start seeing the pressure being taken off our emergency services soon, and the improvements in health that some preventative care can provide.
6
@5,

I noticed a difference, for the worse, when our plans became ACA compliant at the beginning of last year. That said, I put my big girl pants on and learned to deal with it.
7
@6 Keshi is female? I don't know why, I just always figured you were a dude. Maybe your profile image?
8
It's a bit fucking complicated to sign up, choose a plan...

That said, I have, my brother is, etc.

But we've been to college
9
@5 - I don't think it will be "horror stories failing to come true" - that's kind of in the realm of 'prove a negative' - but what instead I think you are seeing is that for people in the middle income range, they are finding their policies are better or just the same: their own experience with the ACA is good.

They further find there are things in it they'd not willingly give up, and this is the real reason the wingnuts can't propose any serious alternative: all the "good things" are entirely dependent on the "bad things". The only serious wingnut alternative has always been to allow the market to simply blow up. There's a presumption in all free-marketeering that corrections require dramatic 'creative destruction', which is just a cute euphemism for destroying the lives of less-well-off people.

I think people in the top and bottom brackets are affected the least in many ways - they are either on expanded Medicaid or they had top-drawer policies and make so much $$$ the premium increases aren't really affecting them much.
10
Some years from now, republicans will claim the ACA was their beloved idea and they wanted it and worked hard to pass it and the democrats tried to repeal it dozens of times. Republican supporters will believe it and pass along every word.
11
The reason the Republicans haven't come up with an alternative is that this as far right as you can go and still cover everyone. That is why Nixon came up with the idea.

As far as opposition goes, the numbers are a bit misleading, but the article isn't. A lot of people oppose it because it isn't liberal enough. To quote the article: "That means half the public either favors Obamacare, or opposes it [because] it doesn't go far enough." This is to be expected with a centrist, or even a center-left plan. This is hardly the dream issue that Republicans think it is, especially if support slowly increases as the mid-terms approach.
13
@6,

My gender's come up before, but probably not in a while. I guess my profile pic is a red herring, but I like McCoy, especially Urban's McCoy, even though I hate Abrams/Lindelof's Star Trek "vision".
14
I remain pessimistic regarding where the support for the ACA is going. The thing it has going for it is that it affects a fairly low percentage of the electorate. The thing it has going against it is the vast ignorance of the majority of that electorate. Large numbers of people are quite fine with going without health insurance, until something goes wrong of course. Expect a surge of negativity and a decline in support when the completely oblivious millions find that they are subject to penalties when they go to file their taxes.
15
@12,
Yes, except they've disowned it and claimed publicly that they despise it.

They kicked their kid out of their house... there's no taking her back later, only after she's become a successful doctor.
16
@9 "[...] bottom brackets are affected the least in many ways - they are either on expanded Medicaid [...]"

Except for in certain red states where that expansion was blocked. Arguably, they will win there through dint of having won... etc., assholes.

@15 " there's no taking her back later [...]"

I think you are underestimating their abilities in that regard, to all of our peril. Think "big lie".

@Charles "Support for Obamacare Is Rising"

I can only hope that this means that Ophian has finally gotten around to stopping being poor.

Please wait...

Comments are closed.

Commenting on this item is available only to members of the site. You can sign in here or create an account here.


Add a comment
Preview

By posting this comment, you are agreeing to our Terms of Use.