{"id":33619,"date":"2017-01-17T13:48:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33619"},"modified":"2017-01-17T18:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T02:06:02","slug":"obamacare-more-popular-than-ever-just-as-trump-and-gop-rush-to-kill-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33619","title":{"rendered":"ObamaCare More Popular Than Ever – Just As Trump And GOP Rush To Kill It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2010, Republicans have been staunchly opposed to virtually any health insurance reform that actually helped those who needed it. They voted more than fifty times to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) during Obama’s presidency. Now that the GOP has one of their own moving into the White House, they are giddy with anticipation of achieving their goal.<\/p>\n

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There’s just one problem. The Wall Street Journal and NBC News just released a survey that has bad news for the GOP<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“As Republicans get closer to repealing it, President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law \u2014 or Obamacare \u2014 has never been more popular, according to results from a new national NBC News\/Wall Street Journal poll.” […]<\/strong><\/p>\n

“50 percent of Americans say the law is working well (6 percent) or needs minor modifications to improve it (44 percent).”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The poll also notes that thirty-three percent of respondents think that ObamaCare could be improved with a major overhaul. However, only sixteen percent<\/strong> of the American people think that it should be eliminated entirely. What’s more, the public has very little faith in the Republican majority in Congress to produce anything to adequately replace ObamaCare:<\/p>\n

“Just 26 percent of Americans have either a ‘great deal’ or ‘quite a bit of confidence’ that congressional Republicans will replace the law with something better, while a combined 50 percent say they have either ‘very little’ or no confidence with the GOP here.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In light of that, Trump’s slumping appeal to the nation registers even more prominently. He is by far the least popular president-elect in modern history with a mere forty percent favorability. Compare that with the last three presidents just prior to inauguration: Obama (84%), Bush (61%), Clinton (67%). And this is at a time when a newly elected leader enjoys a “honeymoon”<\/em> period. It appears the American people are more in the mood for a quickie divorce. And true to form, Trump blames that on “rigged”<\/em> polls.<\/p>\n

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The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before.<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n