Poll: Vast Majority Of Uninsured Will Get Health Insurance Under Obamacare

[ProSense]

Poll: Vast Majority Of Uninsured Will Get Health Insurance Under Obamacare

When the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate kicks in on Jan. 1, 2014, a wide majority of uninsured Americans say they will purchase health insurance rather than pay the fine, according to findings released Monday by Gallup.

Sixty-five percent said they are more likely to get health insurance, while a quarter of uninsured Americans said they will pay the fine and 11 percent said they have no opinion.

A little less than half of uninsured Americans – 48 percent — said they will purchase health insurance through one of the state or federal exchanges slated to open on Oct. 1 compared with 36 percent who said they will not.

The House passed a stopgap spending measure on Sunday that aims to delay implementation of the health care law for one year.

Efforts by Republicans to link a continuing resolution to a provision that defunds or delays the Affordable Care Act have greatly raised the risk of a government shutdown, a scenario opposed by much of the public. A poll last week showed that a majority of Americans oppose shutting down the government in order to defund the health care law.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-most-uninsured-will-get-health-insurance-under-obamacare

POLL: Voters Are ‘Unmoved’ By Government Shutdown Drama, Still Don’t Want To Delay Obamacare
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023751236

[NightWatcher]

1. We must stop this before Obama gets credit for helping people get health insurance

If he does something that helps people, we're screwed. (Repukes in House and Senate)

So let's burn this fucker down to the ground so no one gets help.

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

[ProSense]

3. Kick! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

4. K&R

[Rex]

5. And THAT is just destroying the Republican party!

They cannot STAND the fact that America is about to help out the poorest of us all. I think it is making them crazy in the head with rage.