Poll: One-Third Of Americans Don’t Know Obamacare, ACA Are The Same Thing

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Thirty-five percent of respondents in one nationwide poll did not know that the Affordable Care Act is the same thing as Obamacare, or thought that they were entirely distinct policies.

According to a Morning Consult poll, the results of which were published by the New York Times on Tuesday, 17 percent of respondents incorrectly believed that Obamacare and the ACA were different policies. Eighteen percent said they didn’t know whether they were the same or different.

The Times reported the poll found misunderstandings to be more prevalent among two groups of people who could be greatly affected by ACA repeal: those aged 18 to 29 and those who earned less than $50,000.

Meanwhile, 72 percent of Republicans understood the two terms referred to the same health care policy, according to the survey.

Morning Consult conducted its poll from Jan. 25-26 using online surveys of a national sample of 1,890 adults. The data was weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment and region. The margin of error is 2 percentage points.

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  1. 72 percent of Republicans understood the two terms referred to the same health care policy, according to the survey.

    That does not make any sense. They are the 27% bunch.

  2. Avatar for mcbain mcbain says:

    Obamacare : boo! socialist takeover of health industry!
    ACA : wow, that’s pretty good

  3. Eighteen percent said they didn’t know and will never know anything they should know

  4. Avatar for cd cd says:

    good thing for them that breathing is hard wired

    wonder what percentage of the 35% clueless will be those that lose their health insurance because of how they voted?

  5. Inheritance Tax vs Death Tax - One’s good the other not so good.

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