You hear them say it all over the place. “People will love Obamacare once it rolls out”. But is that really true?
I know the polls have been saying for a long time that more Americans oppose it than support it. So now that it’s “rolled out” are people jumping for joy or are they still skeptical?
Unfortunately for those on the left the answer is, the American people still don’t like it. Here’s an interesting image from one of the left’s favorite hangouts, the Huffington Post. I don’t want them to be able to say “oh you are just using Fox News polls”.
Looks like it’s still not American’s favorite thing since sliced bread. Maybe as time goes on people will forget how it was before this monstrosity was passed. You know, kind of like putting a frog in cold water on a stove then turning on the heat. (by the way, that doesn’t really work but it’s still a great metaphor)
After all people seem to like Medicare now even though at the time it was a huge entitlement.
As for me I wish we could go back to what our founders had in mind before people like Woodrow Wilson and FDR turned it into a land of entitlements. But I realize that will never happen and just like Rome we will eventually spend ourselves out of a country.
Again, it’s not a lie to be wrong. If the “left” really thinks that people will love it, and people don’t, then they were wrong. If someone continues to insist that people love it when it is clear that they don’t, then that will be a lie.
I think it’s too early to say. The major part of Obamacare hasn’t gone into effect yet. So far, people seem to be glad that they can keep their under-26 children on their own policy, and that children can’t be denied insurance, but these are minor things affecting few people.
And as you point out there was a lot of opposition to Medicare when it was implemented, with less than half the population in favor. It would be impossible to take away now.
Let’s revisit the issue at the end of 2014 after there has been a year of the main policy in effect and see how it is going. I’ll meet you right here on Dec 31, 2014.
Comment by Daryl — Wednesday October 23, 2013 @ 5:22 pm