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That's weird, polling data shows a +12 point spread on favorability numbers for the ACA[1]. What's interesting to me is that the ACA never had majority favorab
by aaronbrethorst 9y ago
That's weird, polling data shows a +12 point spread on favorability numbers for the ACA[1].
What's interesting to me is that the ACA never had majority favorability until repeal was legitimately on the table. And then all of a sudden people "woke...up" as you put it to the idea that their 20-something year old children could lose health insurance, or a person who had cancer years ago could be denied coverage, or that an underemployed person in Kentucky could lose their Medicaid-based health insurance.
Let's be clear: the ACA has a lot of problems. Some of these, like spiking premiums this year, are due to the actions of the current Congress and President. Some of these are due to a lack of real competition, which may have been addressed if the law had included a public option buy-in[2]. Some of these, like shitty exchange websites, are a real problem.
[1] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_dem...
[2] Blame Joe Lieberman for this: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/02/16/16766/elimination-public-option-threw-consumers-insurance-wolves https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/02/16/16766/elimination...
- fortythirteen 9y ago> polling data shows a +12 point spread on favorability numbers for the ACA Here's the page where they show all the polls used to collect this "summary"[0]. Interesting that the vast majority of them show "against" strongly winning. The PPD poll giving +18 for ACA shows that 49% want to impeach Trump, but conspicuously doesn't ask party affiliation. That's a huge red flag of a stacked poll. [0] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html#polls https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_dem...
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoHere, let me quote myself: What's interesting to me is that the ACA never had majority favorability until repeal was legitimately on the table. Also, best of luck with your poll unskewing. I had thought that the legitimacy of that ship had sailed all the way back in 2012. Guess not.
- fortythirteen 9y agoSo you actually believe that 49% of Americans actively want Trump impeached now?
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoWhy are you fixated on PPP? You're better off looking at aggregate polling data. That's what I'm talking about with the ACA.
- fortythirteen 9y ago> Why are you fixated on PPP? For one, it's the latest poll, and you're fixated on a recent change in opinion on ACA. Secondly, an aggregate of what? Once you have bad data in the mix, especially one that skews +18 in one direction, your aggregate is skewed as well. And that aggregate has half a dozen PDP polls in it alone.
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoAgain: What's interesting to me is that the ACA never had majority favorability until repeal was legitimately on the table. Have a nice day.
- fortythirteen 9y agoAnd again: your supposition that it has majority favorability is based on polls that are suspect. Have a good one.