Three years after it was signed into law, most Americans still oppose President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare.
A recent CNN poll revealed that 54 percent of Americans still do not support President Obama’s signature domestic policy, compared to the 43 percent of Americans who support it. Opposition to the law is up from 51 percent this time last year, and the highest it’s been since November of 2011.
While the vast majority of Republicans – 84 percent – oppose the law, there was also opposition to the bill because it wasn’t deemed “liberal enough.” According to the CNN poll, 16 percent of those who oppose it believe it’s not liberal enough.
The study also found that six in ten Independents oppose the landmark legislation, with 17 percent of them saying it’s not liberal enough for their liking.
President Obama is even having a hard time winning over his strongest supporters, Millennials, on the law. A majority of them – 52 percent – still support the law; however, just as many – 53 percent – disapprove of how he’s handling healthcare policy.
Millennials are also largely unaware that Obamacare is the law of the land and currently implemented, despite the fact that many of them benefit from the fact that they can stay covered under their parents’ healthcare plans until they turn 26 because of the law.
CNN conducted its telephone study of 923 adults nationwide from May 17-18, 2013 – just days after House Republicans voted to repeal Obamacare for the 37th time. The poll has a margin of error of +/- three percent at a 95 percent level of confidence.
