1/3 of Americans don't know Obamacare and ACA are the same thing

[Morphine Prince 109,926]

According to a Morning Consult poll published in The New York Times on Tuesday, just over one in three Americans surveyed did not realize that Obamacare and the ACA were the same thing.

Seventeen percent of respondents incorrectly said they were two different policies, while 18% said they did not know whether they were the same or different.

The information gap also showed up when people were asked about their approval of the law. When asked whether they approved or disapproved of Obamacare, Americans were split, as 45% approved and 46% disapproved.

When asked, however, whether they supported the Affordable Care Act, 44% of people approved while just 40% disapproved.

Knowledge about the particulars of a potential repeal of the law was also lacking: 39% of people surveyed said they did not know or incorrectly stated that Medicaid subsidies would not go away if Obamacare is repealed.

According to the post from Kyle Dropp of Morning Consult and Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth University, the knowledge gap on Medicaid credits was split on a partisan line.

More than half (53%) of Republicans said they were unsure or responded incorrectly when asked about the impact of repeal on Medicaid subsidies. Only 21% of Democrats said they didn't know or incorrectly answered the question on Medicaid subsidies.

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/one-third-americans-dont-appear-192809583.html

 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

Americans just seem stupid at this point.

[TheFame Monster 9,020]

This is sad

 

 

[Wenli 826]

We have so many dumb people.

[BLACKOUTbritney 22,369]

I love all the tweets of trump supporters realising their the same thing 

"I'm so glad I'm covered by ACA instead of obamacare! Trump needs to get rid of it!!" Ok then sis 

[Seeka 12,372]

It's actually understandable as it is rather chaotic. Not to mention most people don't even have it, so they don't really care.

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[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

3 minutes ago, Seeka said:

It's actually understandable as it is rather chaotic. Not to mention most people don't even have it, so they don't really care.

It's chaotic because of obfuscation via the media  

[FATCAT 60,931]

Most people don't even know what Obamacare was, they just know the name. 

[Seeka 12,372]

10 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

It's chaotic because of obfuscation via the media  

That and the website was sh!tty because it couldn't handle the load.

Though i will grant you the obfuscation. It was made harder than it needed to be.

However, like I said, it didn't really matter as most who needed it couldn't apply for it, or didn't bother because they didn't see the point.

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54 minutes ago, TheFame Monster said:

This is sad

 

 

I JUST CAN'T