Maybe people will actually like Obamacare?

[UCmeNdc]

If Obamacare is so bad, Why not implement the program and let the voters judge for themselves? Is it really worth fighting so hard against it as to destroy the economy? Or is Obamacare such a good program that the GOP puppet masters have the GOP reps fight tooth and nail to keep the American voters in the dark by not implementing it. Maybe people will actually like Obamacare?

[MADem]

1. Massachusetts loves Commonwealth Care.

The sky hasn't fallen over the Bay State, either.

[truebluegreen]

2. That's what they are apocalyptically afraid of: people will like it,

and even worse, moderate people will learn that the government isn't always the problem. If that happened it would drive a stake through St Ronnie's vampire heart.



Heh.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. That's exactly what scares 'em...

They know it will be better than the current system. It won't be perfect, but it'll work and that alone terrifies them because they've told the American people over and over since 2010 that it would fail.

[frazzled]

4. Yes, 84% are satisfied or extremely satisfied in 2013

Read entire survey here:

https://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/About%2520Us/Publications%2520and%2520Reports/2013/2013-04-11/CommCareMemberSurveyContractRenewals.pdf

[Journeyman]

5. I figure it will reduce my premiums to 1/3 what I pay now. My daughter had insurance last year. . .

when she was unexpectedly hospitalized with a kidney infection. Without it, at 25, she'd have been financially ruined for years to come. Premiums have come down enough for her small company to buy insurance for all their employees. And the uncalibrated in-office test that had me marked as diabetic by my insurance company, a test result that's never been repeated and which insurance used to raise my premiums astronomically -- that "pre-existing condition" no longer applies to my insurance search and won't continue to haunt me for the rest of my life.

So yeah, the Teabaggers are being deceitful when they claim I oppose the law. Certainly, I wish it was more encompassing, that we had been able to implement universal single-payer, and I'll continue to press my elected representatives to expand the law, but though I see room to improve it, that doesn't constitute an argument that I oppose it.

[SheilaT]

6. Of course people won't like Obamacare!

It's a useless, government mandated ---wait, you mean previously uninsured will now have medical coverage?

Never mind.

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

7. I think they will like it...

I think they will like it, if they can start to base opinions and responses on the actual "product" rather than the negative advertising hype about it. The RW has expended a lot of time and effort on trying to frame the ACA negatively. Some people may never be able to get past that framing, and may react against the program even as it improves their lives. I hope they can get past that.

[UCmeNdc]

8. It is funny how the News media is not covering this idea

The news media is not asking this enough. The media will let the GOP scream day and night how bad Obamacare is but never let pro representatives scream how good it is.

[tortie]

9. You would think

that if the ACA is really the unmitigated disaster that the Republicans claim it is they would be content just to sit back and let it fail. After all , their stated goal from day one of this presidency is that Obama fail. All they would have to do, is let it proceed and mission accomplished.
I believe you are correct, what they are really afraid of is that it will work, and people will like it.

[roamer65]

10. The fear is we will like it so much...

we will want the next logical step...single payor Medicare.

[jrandom421]

11. One of the reasons is that the GOP fears history

When Britain implemented the NHS in 1948, it was so popular, the ruling Labor Party was in almost absolute power for most of 2 generations. The Republicans fear that they may share the fate of the Tories (who opposed the NHS), if the ACA is fully implemented.

We can only hope

[Avalux]

12. People will like it and it will be good for the country. That's why the Pukes want it gone.

It's insanity - ACA is a law - a constitutional law per the SC, yet those crazy asshole puke reps have tried to repeal it 40+ times. They know people will like it and the good it will do. Which spells doom for them.

[quadrature]

13. if you get lucky, and ACA actually pays out...

then you will likely have a good
opinion of Obamacare.

otherwise, not so much

[Sunlei]

14. I think it's wonderful. Easy to sign up for health insurance.no more worry the company will refuse

If any people with enough income to even do a yearly income tax form want to remain uninsured...then just pay the $95 dollar fine on your IRS form.