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Republican Propaganda Backfires: 20% of America Thinks Obamacare is Already Repealed
A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll revealed that Republicans are facing a big challenge if they want to repeal Obamacare. Namely, 20% of Americans think the law has already been repealed.
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Tracking poll found that 42% of Americans don’t know that Obamacare is the law of the land. Most surprisingly, 7% of Americans think Obamacare was overturned by the Supreme Court, and another 12% think that Congress has repealed the law. 21% of people age 18-29 think that Obamacare has already been repealed. (The Kaiser Foundation rounded their numbers, so the percentages aren’t exact.)
It seems all of the Republican Party propaganda about Obamacare has seriously backfired. Is it any wonder that the Republican Party and Congress both have such low approval ratings? 19%-21% of the American people have absolutely no idea what Republicans are talking about when they start rattling on about the evils of Obamacare, and how the law must be repealed.
The mainstream media and pundit class have been saying for years that Republicans had the better message on Obamacare, but it appears that many Americans are angry at congressional (House) Republicans for wasting time trying to repeal Obamacare, because they literally don’t see it as an issue. This same poll also delivered the ultimate mixed message to Republicans. Fifty three percent of respondents said that they should try to stop or change Obamacare, but 58% disagreed with the adopted Republican strategy of defunding the ACA.
President Obama has been criticized for not selling Obamacare with a simple message, but it seems that the Republican propaganda effort against Obamacare has wildly backfired with millions of Americans. Instead, of rallying people to support their efforts to repeal or defund the law, Republicans have confused the hell out of 1/5th of the country with propaganda.
Democrats should encourage Republicans to keep running on the anti-Obamacare platform, because every second they waste on Obamacare costs them votes with the 20% of America that has absolutely no idea why they are making such a big deal out of a law that they already think has been repealed.
Republicans have been desperate to repeal Obamacare before 2014, because they are afraid that people will like the new law once they see it in action. If those 20% who think the law has already been repealed end up liking Obamacare, Republicans will have ensured that Obamacare is here to stay.
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Shiva
May. 2nd, 2013 at 5:16 pm
This is the way with so many things. You lie and lie about something and then when people actually see it they like it. You can lie to people about what is going on. The GOP and Fox news have been doing that for the last eight years.
Even bigger problem in my mind is the fact that people do not relate Obama care to with its many parts. People have no idea that your kid being on your insurance until he is 26 is Obama care. People have no idea that children not getting kicked off insurance is Obama care. People have no idea the 17,000,000 children with pre-existing conditions cannot be thrown off their insurance is Obama care.
The Democrats refused to run on it and the president refuses to explain it. Get that damn chalkboard out
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 2nd, 2013 at 5:39 pm
Get the word out.Post on all social media,any forums you are part of even slip it into a letter to the editor (Thank you Churchlady)
A Simpler Way to Apply for Health Care
By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Posted April 30, 2013
Today, we take one more step toward meeting the promise of helping millions of Americans access quality, affordable health coverage.
We have finalized the application you can complete later this year to learn what health insurance programs you are eligible for and the discounts to help pay for it. Starting in October, it will be the one application you can use to apply for the new Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and tax credits that will help pay for premiums.
I’m also pleased to say the application has been simplified and significantly shortened. The application for individuals is three pages, and the application for families is reduced by two-thirds, to seven pages…
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 2nd, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Continued:
This is much shorter than industry standards for health insurance applications today.
Whether you choose to use this application to apply for coverage online, by phone, or on paper, the Health Insurance Marketplace will give you better options than they have today – with one destination to apply and many resources to get help. In-person counselors and a toll free phone line will be available to help you through every step of the process.
The online application that will go live on Healthcare.gov when the Health Insurance Marketplace opens for enrollment on October 1, can be found here: cciio.cms.gov/resources/o...
You can sign up to learn more and get ready to enroll at signup.healthcare.gov.
www.healthcare.gov/blog/2...…plication.html
Paws
May. 2nd, 2013 at 9:23 pm
Pres. Obama and other Democrats did a poor job of explaining ObamaCare(s), but this fact does not absolve the people who haven’t a clue about it.
There is no excuse, when information is readily available to all, for people to not know even the most basic information about it. You don’t have to read the whole law; you don’t have to be a lawmaker or a lawyer to understand what’s what in the law. Most of the information about the law requires nothing more than basic reading skills.
Simply put, ObamaCare(s) is the law of the land and it will be implemented with or without everyone understanding every thing about it. People are doing themselves a disservice by not seeking readily available information that can help them get insurance, save money, and possibly save their lives since they’ll be able to get regular health care once they have insurance.
Read the available info, gain the knowledge – do not wait for Pres. Obama or any other member of Congress to explain it to you.
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 2nd, 2013 at 9:32 pm
My son’s gym teacher just learned she has cancer and they are holding a fundraiser to help with cost.I sent the few dollars we have and a letter explaining Obamacare and the links where she can sign up.I hope she dont take it the wrong way but if they are asking for help with the cost then she needs the information.
charlie
May. 2nd, 2013 at 11:36 pm
42% of Americans don’t know that Obamacare is the law of the land
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Wait…what?
Were these people actually warm to the touch and breathing? Were they responsive to stimuli? and show signs of muscle activity?
Shiva
May. 2nd, 2013 at 11:52 pm
Fox News bots
charlie
May. 3rd, 2013 at 12:10 am
the application has been simplified and significantly shortened
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The problem? The government’s new form is going to be an invitation to fraud and abuse.
Those 61 pages of the old application were mostly filled with questions to make sure that people were eligible to get the subsidies Obamacare offers. The government needs to verify their income, and make sure that they aren’t eligible for health insurance at work.
Under Obamacare, the government also needs to verify that people aren’t eligible for other public health insurance programs like Medicaid or Veteran’s benefits before they receive subsidies to buy coverage on the exchanges.
There were also a host of questions designed to ferret out income that might have been….ahem… “misreported” on your tax return.
The new form largely takes your word for it all.
www.forbes.com/sites/scot...
Howard Brazee
May. 3rd, 2013 at 9:34 am
They’ve been told ObamaCare will socialize their medicine, that they won’t have any medical choices.
When they see they will still be using their private insurance and same old same old, they will see things haven’t changed for them.