Obamacare Archives

Doctors More Likely to Be Democrats, Thanks to Trump

October 7, 2019 Buck Banks

“The political drift of physicians accelerated in 2016, when Donald Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination. … Many physicians say they were uneasy about Republicans’ health policy proposals and turned off by Mr. Trump’s stance on scientific issues, such as his skepticism about climate change. Despite having mixed feelings about Obamacare, most physicians say they don’t support Republican lawmakers’ calls to repeal it without a clear replacement since they have already invested in adapting to its mandates, and because repeal could leave millions uninsured.”

— Wall Street Journal

Obamacare More Popular than Trump Tax Cuts

August 24, 2018 Buck Banks

51% to 40%

A new Fox News poll finds the Affordable Care Act is more popular than the new Republican tax law. The 2010 health-care law registered a 51% approval rating, compared with 40% for the 2017 Republican tax cuts.

44 Percent of Republicans Say Trump Repealed Obamacare

December 28, 2017 Buck Banks

44%

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds that 31% of American adults believe that President Trump has successfully repealed Obamacare. Of those who identify as Republican voters, 44% say that Trump has repealed Obamacare.

Majority of Obamacare Enrollees from Trump States

December 26, 2017 Buck Banks

7.3 million

“Americans in states that Donald Trump carried in his march to the White House account for more than 4 in 5 of those signed up for coverage under the health care law the president still wants to take down,” ABC News reports.“An Associated Press analysis of new figures from the government found that 7.3 million of the 8.8 million consumers signed up so far for next year come from states Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. The four states with the highest number of sign-ups — Florida, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, accounting for nearly 3.9 million customers — were all Trump states.”

More Signing Up for Obamacare

November 17, 2017 Buck Banks

1.5 million

Sam Baker: “Nearly 1.5 million people have signed up for coverage through HealthCare.gov in the first two weeks of this year’s open enrollment period — up from just over 1 million at the same point in the last enrollment window. Those results are stronger than many experts anticipated, in light of the Trump administration’s cuts to enrollment outreach.”

More than 600,000 Sign Up for Obamacare in Four Days

November 9, 2017 Buck Banks

600,000+

More than 600,000 people selected Obamacare plans for 2018 from Nov. 1 to Nov. 4 in the 39 states that use the HealthCare.gov eligibility and enrollment platform, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday. New customers totaled 137,322 while 464,140 renewed coverage, reports Bloomberg.

Despite Donald’s Attempted Sabotage, ObamaCare Signups Set New Record

November 7, 2017November 9, 2017 Jon Ponder

Via The Hill:

A record number of people signed up for ObamaCare in the first few days of open enrollment this year compared to the same period in previous years, several sources close to the process told The Hill.

The surge in sign-ups, which was confirmed by an administration official, comes despite fears from Democrats that enrollment would fall off due to the Trump administration’s cutbacks in outreach and advertising.
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ACA Enrollment for 2018 Starts November 1

October 5, 2017 Jon Ponder

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Majority Doesn’t Like Trumpcare

May 31, 2017 Buck Banks

55% to 31%

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that more Americans have an unfavorable view of the GOP health care plan than a favorable one, 55% to 31%. For comparison, the Affordable Care Act has mostly favorable views, 49% to 29%.

Dent Won’t Support Trumpcare Retry

April 26, 2017 Buck Banks

“Based on what I’ve read, it does not change my position. I was a no, and I remain a no.”

— Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), leader of the centrist Tuesday Group, told the Washington Examiner that he still opposes the House Republican healthcare repeal bill, saying that a proposed compromise does not address his key concerns.

— Wall Street Journal

51% to 40%

A new Fox News poll finds the Affordable Care Act is more popular than the new Republican tax law. The 2010 health-care law registered a 51% approval rating, compared with 40% for the 2017 Republican tax cuts.

44%

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds that 31% of American adults believe that President Trump has successfully repealed Obamacare. Of those who identify as Republican voters, 44% say that Trump has repealed Obamacare.

7.3 million

1.5 million

600,000+

55% to 31%

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that more Americans have an unfavorable view of the GOP health care plan than a favorable one, 55% to 31%. For comparison, the Affordable Care Act has mostly favorable views, 49% to 29%.

“Based on what I’ve read, it does not change my position. I was a no, and I remain a no.”

— Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), leader of the centrist Tuesday Group, told the Washington Examiner that he still opposes the House Republican healthcare repeal bill, saying that a proposed compromise does not address his key concerns.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), accusing Democrats of creating Hurricane Helene for political purposes.

“Liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, and in its bundle of rights the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it, and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”

— Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney finding that Georgia’s six-week abortion law violates Georgia’s Constitution, reports the AP.

“Maybe we’ll pay off the $35 trillion US debt in crypto. I’ll write on a little piece of paper ‘$35 trillion crypto we have no debt.’ That’s what I like.”

— Donald Trump, floating a plan to address the federal budget deficit and demonstrating his deep understanding of the crypto marketplace.

“To my friends in Nebraska, that one electoral vote could be the difference between Harris being president and not, and she’s a disaster for Nebraska and the world.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Politico, on his trip to Nebraska to push for the state’s Republican leadership to change how it awards its electoral votes.

“I will if he does. That’s a trade-off I’d do.”

— George Clooney, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, responding to Donald Trump’s call for him “to get out of politics.”

Numerati

49% to 46%

Latest results from the New York Times-Siena College poll giving Vice Pres. Kamala Harris a 3-point lead over Donald Trump. This is a noteworthy change in the NYT poll results, which have generally favored Trump in contrast to reputable organizations.

254,000

“The pace of hiring picked up strongly in September and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, signs the economy had continued momentum in a month the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest-rate cut in four years,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

49% to 44%

A new Susquehanna poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 49% to 44%.

40 trillion

$55 million

Kamala Harris raised about $55 million in high-dollar events in California this weekend, a haul that pads her financial advantage over Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports.