I'm encountering the "A majority of Americans oppose Obamacare" meme on Facebook.

[arbusto_baboso]

Along with a chart of poll results and percentages. I really want to counter that with some data about the people who don't like it because it doesn't go far enough, isn't single payer, etc. Can anyone guide me in the right direction.

[Mass]

1. A CNN poll shows clearly the results

57 % oppose Obamacare, but, once you ask whether they oppose because it is too liberal or too conservative, only 39% oppose because it is too liberal. Part of those who oppose it wanted single payer or public option.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2013/images/09/30/rel10a.pdf (Questions 8 and 9)

[arbusto_baboso]

3. Thank you, Citizen!

[Siwsan]

2. Ask them if they like the Affordable Care Act, better

A startling number of people don't seem to realize they are the same thing

[landolfi]

4. You might also mention

that the basis for ACA was a Republican-championed idea that apparently is no longer in favor because (wait for it) it was proposed by Barack Obama, Prince of Darkness.

[SamKnause]

5. Health

Do the posters know that the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare are the same thing ?????

[SheilaT]

6. I also believe that polling shows that when people are questioned about

specific provisions of the ACA, they almost universally love them.

[mnhtnbb]

7. Send the idiots to read this

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-obamacare-20131001,0,4909537.story


How can that be, when polls regularly show a plurality of respondents with an "unfavorable" view of Obamacare? (In a September Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll, the difference was 43% unfavorable to 39% favorable.)

The answer, of course, is that most Americans have no idea what's in the law. In the Kaiser survey, 57% said they didn't have enough information to know how it would affect them. When they're asked how they feel about specific provisions, however, they're almost always thunderously in favor.

Here are figures from Kaiser's March 2013 poll:

Tax credits for small businesses to buy insurance: 88% in favor.

Closing the Medicare drug benefit doughnut hole: 81% in favor.

Extension of dependent coverage to offspring up to age 26: 76% in favor.

Expanding Medicaid: 71% in favor.

Ban on exclusions for preexisting conditions: 66% in favor.

Employer mandate: 57% in favor.

If you agree with those provisions, congratulations: You love Obamacare. Yet when respondents are asked how they feel about "Obamacare," they're against it.

The one provision that always polls negatively is the individual mandate. Unfortunately, the mandate is necessary if you're going to outlaw exclusions for preexisting conditions. Without it, you'd bankrupt every health insurer in the country, because people wouldn't enroll until they're sick.

[frylock]

8. link this:

Jimmy Kimmel proves that many Americans don’t understand there’s no difference between Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/jimmy-kimmel-proves-americans-don-understand-difference-obamacare-affordable-care-act-article-1.1474442

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

9. From those Commies at Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/30/new-poll-only-one-third-of-americans-support-repealing-defunding-or-delaying-obamacare/

The Money Quote: Voters are skeptical that Obamacare will live up to Democrats’ hype. But they also believe that it should be given a chance to succeed.