ObamaCare for young adults

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Joe Steel]

This is a pretty good illustration of what's going on. Young adults are being conned by the Republicans.

 

[waltky]

Obamacare losin' ground - fast...

Pew Survey: 53% of Americans Disapprove of Obamacare, Highest Negative Since Law’s Passage
September 16, 2013 -– A Pew Research Center survey found that public views of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act “are as negative as ever, and many are unaware of the elements of the law that will be going into place.”

According to the survey, “opinions are now as negative as they have been at any point since the bill’s passage,” as 53 percent of Americans disapprove of the regulation-ridden health care law, commonly known as “Obamacare,” while 42 percent approve. The survey was conducted less than a month before the law's health insurance exchanges open on October 1st. Those who are uninsured are “as likely to disapprove (46%) as approve (49%) of the law,” Pew found.

And while 39 percent of the public say that Democrats have a better handle on health care, 40 percent now believe that Republicans “would do the better job dealing with health care.” “Assessments of the law’s effect on the country so far are already more negative than positive,” the survey finds, with 38 percent of the public viewing Obamacare as “mostly negative,” while just 24 percent - or one in four Americans - seeing it as “mostly positive.”

Pew also found that 41 percent of Americans now believe Obamacare’s “effect on themselves and their family will be negative,” while just 25 percent predict a positive effect on them personally. More Democrats (44 percent) predict a positive “long-term impact of the law” for themselves and their families than Republicans and independents, while 65 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of independents “think the law will negatively affect them.”

As people deal with the health care law, both negative and positive views are expected to increase. “In the future, 47% say the effect on the country as a whole will be negative, compared with 35% who say it will be positive,” according to Pew. CNSNews previously reported on Congressional efforts to defund Obamacare. This initiative is currently impeded by the lack of support from “a number of top Republicans,” including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who “have refused to sign the pledge” to defund Obamacare implementation.

- See more at: Pew Survey: 53% of Americans Disapprove of Obamacare, Highest Negative Since Law?s Passage | CNS News

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Gallup: ‘Trust and Confidence’ in Federal Gov’t Lower Than During Watergate
September 16, 2013 -- The “trust and confidence” the American people have in the federal government’s handling of both domestic and international problems is now at a lower level than it was even during the height of the Watergate scandal in 1974, according to Gallup polling data released last week.

Since 1972, Gallup has periodically asked Americans: “How much trust and confidence do you have in our federal government in Washington when it comes to handling [international problems/domestic problems]--a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?” In April 1974, four months before President Richard Nixon was forced to resign as result of the Watergate scandal, 24 percent said they had a great deal of trust and confidence in the federal government’s handling of international problems and 49 percent said they had a fair amount of confidence—for a combined 73 percent who said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in the federal government in this area.

Also in April 1974, 9 percent said they had a great deal of trust and confidence in the federal government’s handling of domestic problems and 42 percent said they had a fair amount of trust and confidence—for a combined 51 percent who said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence. Those Watergate era numbers for public trust and confidence in the government were significantly better than what Gallup discovered when this Sept. 5-8 it asked Americans the same questions it did in April 1974.

This time, according to Gallup, a combined 49 percent said they had either a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the federal government in handling of international problems, and 42 percent said they had a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the federal government in handling domestic problems. Both percentages, Gallup said, were new lows.

Back in September 2007, during the second term of President George W. Bush, the percentage of Americans having a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in the federal government’s handling of international problems hit 51 percent, and the percentage who had a great deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in the federal government in the handling domestic problems hit 47 percent. Gallup ran analysis of that 2007 survey with the headline: “Low Trust in Government Rivals Watergate Era Levels.” Gallup’s analysis for its current “trust and confidence” survey, taken during President Barack Obama’s second term, makes no mention of Watergate, but carries the headline: “Fewer Americans Than Ever Trust Gov’t to Handle Problems.”

- See more at: Gallup: ?Trust and Confidence? in Federal Gov?t Lower Than During Watergate | CNS News

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - it was a train wreck anyway...

House to vote to derail Obamacare, fund government
20 Sept.`13 WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House moved Friday toward a confrontation with the Senate over President Barack Obama's health care law with a legislative ploy that threatens a government shutdown in a week and a half.

The fight is coming on a stopgap funding measure required to keep the government fully running after the Oct. 1 start of the new budget year. Typically, such measures advance with sweeping bipartisan support, but tea party activists forced GOP leaders to add a provision to cripple the health care law that's the signature accomplishment of Obama's first term. The top Senate Democrat has pronounced the bill dead and calls the House exercise a "waste of time." The White House has issued a veto threat. The fight over the must-do funding bill comes as Washington is bracing for an even bigger battle over increasing the government's borrowing cap to make sure the government can pay its bills.

Democrats say they won't be held hostage and allow Republicans to use the must-pass measures as leverage to win legislative victories that they otherwise couldn't. "Republicans want to play games of brinksmanship on the budget and the debt limit even though the foreseeable consequence will be plummeting stock markets and businesses freezing their hiring," said Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. "If this legislation is not enacted and we embark on a government shutdown, the consequences are severe: our brave men and women of our military don't get paid, our recovering economy will take a huge hit, and our most vulnerable citizens — including the elderly and veterans who rely on critical government programs and services — could be left high and dry," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky.

In the event of a shutdown, federal workers' pay would be delayed, non-essential workers would be sent home and national parks would mostly close. But Social Security benefits, Medicare and most elements of the new health care law would continue. Even before the House vote was to occur Friday, lawmakers were looking a couple of moves ahead on the congressional chessboard to a scenario in which the Democratic Senate would remove the "defund Obamacare" provision and kick the funding measure back to the House for a showdown next weekend. An earlier plan by GOP leaders like House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, designed to send a straightforward bill to keep the government running through Dec. 15 ran into too much opposition from tea party members who demanded a showdown over the Affordable Care Act, the official name of what Republicans branded Obamacare.

Boehner has sought to reassure the public and financial markets that Republicans have no interest in either a partial government shutdown when the budget year ends or a first-ever default on a broader set of U.S. obligations when the government runs out of borrowing ability by mid- to late October. "Let me be very clear," Boehner said. "Republicans have no interest in defaulting on our debt — none." GOP leaders want to skirt the shutdown confrontation and seek concessions when addressing the need to raise the debt ceiling next month, but Obama says he won't be forced into making concessions as he did in the 2011 debt crisis, when he accepted $2.1 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. Boehner accused Obama of being ready to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Syria but not to engage with Republicans on increasing the nation's debt limit.

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Will Obamacare Make You Blow Your Budget?
September 20, 2013 — Two in five Americans, or some 40%, are spending more money on health care now than last year and are concerned how the new Affordable Care Act will affect their finances. Only 8% of Americans say they are spending less money now on health care, according to a new Bankrate.com report.

Consumers are questioning how the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, will affect their current health coverage. 28% say this is what they would most like to know about the new law, followed closely by the 24% who want to know how it will affect their household budgets. Another 23% are most curious about whether the Affordable Care Act is really going to happen, and 15% say their top question is simply what Obamacare is.

"We're just three weeks away from when the new health insurance exchanges will begin accepting applications and we're still observing a disturbing lack of consumer education," said Doug Whiteman, Bankrate.com insurance analyst. "If this doesn't change soon, millions of Americans could miss important deadlines or make uninformed decisions."

When open enrollment on the health insurance exchanges begins on October 1, individuals who lack employer-sponsored coverage will have the opportunity to buy a health plan for themselves and their families.

28% percent of Americans are feeling more negative about the Affordable Care Act now than they were 12 months ago, twice as many as the 14% who are feeling more positive. One in four people say it is more difficult to handle medical expenses now than it was a year ago.

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