Monday, December 5, 2016

Tobias Konitzer — Obamacare is very popular

This deep dive into our polling data shows that people are demanding the impossible: cheap, comprehensive health insurance that they can purchase only when they need it. Unable to accomplish universal health insurance, Democrats took the unpopular step of mandating health insurance because they recognized it was necessary for the marketplaces to function. To date, Republicans have avoided making explicit how they will negotiate the popular and unpopular provisions of Obamacare, preferring to promise, in Trump’s words, “something terrific”. Now that they have full control of the Presidency and Congress, Republicans have tough choices to make. The majority of Americans might support Trump’s healthcare plan now; do not be surprised if that changes quickly when they find out how much they actually like Obamacare!
Predictwise
Obamacare is very popular
Tobias Konitzer | PhD candidate in communication at Stanford University

4 comments:

lastgreek said...
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lastgreek said...

For starters, why not simply expand your single-payer, national social insurance program that you now have for your seniors to all Americans?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas

Noah Way said...

UNWILLING to accomplish universal health insurance ...

There, fixed it for you.

Ryan Harris said...

Medicare is popular with patients and most doctors can live with it too. The drug benefit needs to be allowed to negotiate prices tho. That's a problem.