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TlalocW

(15,394 posts)
1. Approval for the ACA has jumped to 48% since the ruling
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 03:29 PM
Jul 2012

The problem is that the GOP attempts to dominate the conversation by calling the ACA Obamacare or Government-mandated healthcare, so the initial reaction by the public is negative. Once they learn what's in there - closing donut hole, can't lose healthcare because of pre-existing conditions, etc. etc. etc. people always say, "Hey... that actually sounds good!" Democrats can't rest easy now but need to up their game because the republicans are upping theirs.

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jenmito

(37,326 posts)
6. I think you mean 46%. The USA Today/Gallup poll, which was taken the day after the ruling,
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:33 PM
Jul 2012

showed 46% approved of the decision, 46% opposed, and Independents favored it 45%-42%: http://www.gallup.com/poll/155447/Americans-Issue-Split-Decision-Healthcare-Ruling.aspx

auburngrad82

(5,029 posts)
4. The it's a damn good thing support for ACA has increased among GOP and independent voters
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:25 PM
Jul 2012

I guess we Dems are doing a pretty good job of getting the facts out to the social media sites and of refuting the GOP's lies.

MatthewStLouis

(904 posts)
8. And who passed the ACA perchance? The people's representatives! GOP idiots!
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 08:45 AM
Jul 2012

I can't see how this will be an important campaign issue. I hope they keep up all their repeal blather. It makes them look mighty small.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,452 posts)
9. Without a "replace" plan
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jul 2012

they just look like they're trying to take stuff away. Whatever else people think about the law in general, people are slowly becoming aware of the benefits and the GOP is going to have a hard time convincing people to give them up, particularly when they can't point to a viable replacement plan. They're basically just expecting people to support repealing the law in its entirety ("root and branch&quot and then trust the Republicans that they'll somehow manage to put back in those parts that people like even though that is apparently even too much for the "let 'em die" teabagger death panelists to deal with, so anybody willing to gamble on the GOP repealing and replacing ACA with anything helpful and/or comparable to what we have now is, plainly, an idiot! Tort reform and "across state line" insurance sales are NOT going to drive down costs and/or increase coverage. If that's all it took, then people should be well-insured in Texas. I don't know the stats but I kind of doubt it.

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