A majority of Americans believe that either they themselves or other people are better off under Obamacare, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.
The poll found that 18 percent of Americans said they are better off under the health care reform law. But even if they said they personally are about the same or worse off, another 35 percent said that other families are better off because of the law.
According to 44 percent of respondents, Obamacare had not helped anyone.
The law’s approval ratings remained under water, with 40 percent approving and 59 percent disapproving. But 17 percent said they disapproved because the law is not liberal enough.
The poll, conducted from July 18 to 20, surveyed 1,012 U.S. adults. Its margin of error is 3 percentage points.
That 44% that said Obamacare hasn’t helped anyone are the problem in this country today. They’ve got theirs and are either indifferent or hostile to those who don’t. I work with a conservative Republican who pretty much hates government, libruls and taxes, but doesn’t hesitate to tell me about all the entitlements she accesses on a daily basis for her daughter who has a learning disability. There is a big disconnect in a lot of peoples’ brains that causes them to act and think in a blindly self-interested manner. Shorter version: you can’t fix stupid.
About time someone looked for the “Obamacare doesn’t go far enough” responses in the “Disapprove” side.
Shh … Don;t tell FOX abut this poll. Heads will explode.
And that always leaves such a mess.
I wouldn’t call this stupid so much as selfish. Selfish people with the ‘I got mine’ attitude are frequently (unfortunately) not stupid.
Except that ALL insurance plans are better now. Never has so much benefit been smuggled into people’s lives without them even having a clue.