In a new survey, more than half of self-identified Republicans said they didn't think the Affordable Care Act is increasing the number of people with health insurance, with a fifth of respondents saying it has actually reduced the number of people with coverage.
In a new survey, more than half of self-identified Republicans said they didn’t think the Affordable Care Act is increasing the number of people with health insurance, with a fifth of respondents saying it has actually reduced the number of people with coverage.
For the record, the evidence suggests these people are flat-out wrong.
The poll is from YouGov.com and, like some other recent surveys, the results suggest hostility to the law is waning. The evolution is slow and, even now, “Obamacare” has lots of skeptics. The YouGov survey asked, among other things, whether respondents think the healthcare law is “more of a success” or “more of a failure.” Forty-percent chose failure, while 30% chose success.
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