{"id":19629,"date":"2014-07-10T15:13:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T22:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=19629"},"modified":"2014-07-11T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T22:56:14","slug":"the-obamacare-success-story-even-republican-enrollees-are-overwhelmingly-satisfied-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=19629","title":{"rendered":"The ObamaCare Success Story: Even Republican Enrollees Are Overwhelmingly Satisfied (InfoGraphic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been four months since the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) closed, and the most reliable numbers to date are being released. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/~\/media\/files\/publications\/issue-brief\/2014\/jul\/1760_collins_gaining_ground_tracking_survey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new survey by The Commonwealth Fund (pdf)<\/a> reveals that the program has surpassed all estimates of success and is broadly viewed favorably by the American people. Here are some of the highlights of the survey (InfoGraphic below):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With 9.5 million fewer uninsured adults, the uninsured rate for those 19-64 decline from 20% to 15%.<\/li>\n<li>The uninsured rate for young adults 19 to 34 declined from 28% to 18%, more than any other age group.<\/li>\n<li>In the 25 states (and D.C.) that expanded their Medicaid programs, the uninsured rate for low-income adults declined from 28% to 17% (Texas and Florida &#8211; neither of which expanded Medicaid &#8211; have the highest uninsured rates).<\/li>\n<li>More than half of adults with new coverage said their plan included all or some of the doctors they wanted.<\/li>\n<li>More than three of five adults who selected a private plan or enrolled in medicaid were uninsured prior to gaining coverage.<\/li>\n<li>Two-thirds of those who found a primary care doctor got an appointment within two weeks.<\/li>\n<li>More than three-quarters of adults with new coverage said they were very or somewhat satisfied with it (Including 74% of Republicans, 82% of Independents, and 84% of Democrats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fact that so many Americans have benefited from this health insurance initiative is in itself good news. But what should make this front page news is that Republicans enrolled in ObamaCare are just as happy with it as independents and Democrats. This illustrates how far afield the Tea Party Republican political miscreants in Washington have strayed from their own alleged constituents. They are impostors holding the reins of power thanks to a minority of extremists in the party who bother to vote. And if rank and file Republicans ever get motivated to show up at the polls, people like Ted Cruz and Michele Bachmann will be lucky to get speaking engagements at trailer-park bible study meetings.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">AT&#038;T and Verizon users: Stop funding the Tea Party.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.credomobile.com\/lp\/taf.aspx?referrer=newscorpse\" target=\"_blank\">Switch to CREDO Mobile, the progressive cell phone company, today!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After enduring the GOP spending four years throwing every mud-soaked brick they could find at ObamaCare, the people have risen above the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10758\" target=\"_blank\">scare tactics and lies<\/a>. They rejected the talk of death panels and socialism and economic catastrophe. They saw through the dozens of attempts to repeal the law or challenge it in the courts. And now that they have had a chance to assess it personally, they find that it satisfactorily meets their needs, particularly those who couldn&#8217;t get coverage before due to preexisting conditions or financial hardship.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect any of this to be reported on Fox News or by any other right-wing media garbage spewer. These are credible results from a respected foundation. They deal with facts and a devotion to representing reality (which, as we know, has a well-known liberal bias). Those are principles that conservative media tries desperately to avoid. If information cannot be used by the right to tarnish the President or progressive causes, it is either ignored or disparaged.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the herculean effort put forth by Fox News, the Koch brothers, and the GOP establishment, the people have made up their own minds. Now if we can just get them to show up at the polls in November and vote for their own best interests, we may be able to roll back the tide of Dark Agist theocons who have infiltrated the halls of our democracy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Charts\/obamacare-success.jpg\" alt=\"ObamaCare Success\" width=\"550\" height=\"658\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19635\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been four months since the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) closed, and the most reliable numbers to date are being released. A new survey by The Commonwealth Fund (pdf) reveals that the program has surpassed all estimates of success and is broadly viewed favorably by the American people. 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