Sorry, Republicans: Obamacare is getting more and more entrenched

[n2doc]

Republicans have always had a problem where rhetoric meets reality on the Affordable Care Act. In the abstract, the law has never been overwhelmingly popular, but many of the things the law actually does — like preventing insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions — are extremely popular.

And so, if Republicans actually succeed in reversing the law’s progress in a meaningful way — as they might with the King v. Burwell lawsuit that could take coverage from millions of people — they may realize, like the dog that caught the car, that this wasn’t such a hot idea after all, and they might not know what to do about it.

There’s a new poll out from the Kaiser Family Foundation that not only highlights this problem; it also suggests where GOP efforts are going to be concentrated if the Supreme Court does them a favor and rules against them in King.

The survey looks at people who are in the non-group market, meaning the health insurance they have isn’t through their employer or through a government program like Medicare or Medicaid. Most of them got insurance through an ACA exchange.

Guess what? They’re pretty happy.

more

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/21/sorry-republicans-obamacare-is-getting-more-and-more-entrenched/?tid=rssfeed

[HassleCat]

1. Still Trying

Yes, but the Republicans are still trying to come up with that one person who got screwed over by Obamacare, and will tell the story to everyone. Remember the woman in Michigan? When it turned out she was married to a GOP party officer, AND was paying lower costs for her medication, things kind of fell apart. Of course, that doesn't stop them from telling the story as if they didn't fabricate the whole thing. I just think it's interesting they can't find a single person who claims to be dying because of Obamacare. When is the last time we saw a federal program with a zero dissatisfaction rate?