Posted on 04/04/2019 12:06:37 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A new poll shows that a majority of Democrats say that ObamaCare has not improved their premium costs or has made them worse, according to a new Hill-HarrisX survey.
The poll asked voters how the law has impacted their monthly premiums, co-pays, the medical services their plans cover, prescription drug costs, and their access to medical providers.
Twenty percent of Democrats said their premium costs had gotten worse under the health law, with 36 percent saying they were the same. A minority, thirty-two percent, said they had seen an improvement. Twelve percent were unsure.
Similarly for co-pays, 16 percent said they had gotten worse under the Affordable Care Act, with 39 percent saying they were the same. Thirty-five percent said their situation with medical co-pays for visits had gotten better. Ten percent were unsure.
When asked about the services their plans covered under ObamaCare, a minority, 37 percent, said the situation had improved under the law, with 40 percent seeing no change and 12 percent saying it had gotten worse. Ten percent were unsure.
The poll comes as President Trump has returned to the issue of repealing and replacing ObamaCare.
The administration is backing a Texas lawsuit that seeks to throw out the entire Affordable Care Act.
Trump said last week that Republicans "will soon be known as the party of health care." But those remarks sparked pushback from his own party, with GOP lawmakers wary of visiting an issue they believe hurt them in the 2018 midterms.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also told Trump that the upper chamber would not take up repealing ObamaCare this year.
Trump has instead said the GOP will offer a plan for repealing health care after the 2020 election.
The Hill-HarrisX survey was conducted on March 30-31 among 1,005 registered voters. The sampling margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percent.
The reason insurance companies jumped at the chance to participate was they were told once they brought in people with promises of low cost insurance, they could then raise costs along the way.
Duh. Rates skyrocketed.
I don’t know anyone who HAS it or WANTS it
No poop Sherlock.
They should change the term “co-payment” to “down-payment”.
Yet, these same Cretins were so clueless, they turned out in droves in 2018 over the slogan of losing their ObaMaoCare.
So we need more of it then. It’s government folks.
Unconstitutional Obamacare is a government-manufactured, high-price monopoly!
The 36% who say their premiums have “stayed the same” are probably the ones on Medicaid, for whom it was free before and after 0bamacare.
They were also told that the feds would guarantee that they wouldn’t lose money.
A majority of Democrats expect their health care to be “free”.
Premium going from 800. to 1300. In 4 years is OUTRAGEOUS.
What about the increases in deductibles? Those increases likely outpaced premiums.
In 10 years, our premiums went from $350/month to $3,000/month.
Obamacare was/is a huge tax on the productive sector of this country.
Voters are morons. They will go to the polls with the brainwash mentality of “Trumpcare”,people will die and healthcare is a “right” and should be free.
Not possible. Hussein said that premiums would fall.
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