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At the time Obama ignored the 59% of Americans who opposed Obamacare polls showed 80% of Americans were well satisfied with their health insurance coverage, so there certainly was something to compare it with, and 59% preferred their existing private insurance.In March 2010, when Obamacare passed, only 39% supported it.The most recent Fox News poll had support for the Republican healthcare plan at 34% which is similar to the WP poll. Since January, Fox has had Obamacare's approval rating at 50% which gives it a higher approval rating than Trump. The final WP poll for 2016 had Clinton +3 in the popular vote which Clinton won by 2.
New CNN Poll: 59% Oppose Obamacare
At that time there was nothing to compare Obamacare to. Obamacare has partially succeeded in getting more people insured. The Republican plan will cause millions to lose their healthcare insurance. Voters agree that we should help people who cannot afford health care insurance because of their low incomes. If this passes and becomes law, Democrats and the media will have many horror stories to write about.
This is not true. The states will receive block grants to deal with the problems of those with pre existing conditions. The essence of repeal and replace is to provide funds to the individual states to help them deal with the special needs of some groups like those with pre existing conditions.Nonsense, your health insurance premiums do not increase when you get sick. Insurance companies raise rates to meet rising overall costs, and the government raises taxes to meet rising overall costs. During the Obamacare debates, polls showed 80% of Americans were satisfied with their private health insurance and problems existed primarily for those with pre existing conditions and for poor people not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. The problems for these two groups could have been dealt with separately without interfering with the health insurance for the 80% of Americans who were well satisfied with their private health insurance.Of course there is no basis in fact or logic for such assertions.
It's because when people get sick or need it most, insurance companies drastically raise rates. Single payer insures everybody has healthcare, can go anywhere they want for treatment and no worries about raising premiums or deductibles. For profit healthcare should not exist.
This new amendment to Trumpcare guts protection for preexisting conditions. Under Obamacare, people can't be dropped for that. They wouldn't have to risk bankruptcy for treatment. I guarantee you Obamacare is more popular now and if Trumpcare is passed, people will long for Obamacare, not to mention rates will still rise.
Will block grants pay for it or will states do the dirty work of kicking people with pre-existing conditions off of insurance? The fact is that many will lose their health insurance if it is kicked to states. It is a lot easier to bribe state legislators.
State legislatures are even more responsive to the preferences of their state's voters than the federal government is, so there is no reason to suspect they will be less responsive to the healthcare needs of those voters.