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12/5/13, "Young Americans Expect Obamacare to Be Repealed," NationalJournal.com, James Oliphant
"United Technologies/National Journal Congressional
Connection Poll finds widespread pessimism among African-Americans about
the law's future too."
"The young Americans the Obama administration so desperately needs to
help make the Affordable Care Act function are the ones most likely to
believe the law is endangered, suggesting that sustained House
Republican efforts to repeal and undermine the law are bearing some
fruit.
More than half of 18-to-29-year-olds who were surveyed in the most recent United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll say it is likely the law will be repealed in 2014, even though the chances of that actually occurring are remote.
According
to the poll, 18 percent of respondents in this age group said it was
"very likely" Obamacare would be repealed by Congress next year, while
33 percent said it was "somewhat likely" the law would be done away
with. The survey has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.6
percentage points.
That
has real-world implications. The administration has relentlessly wooed
these so-called young invincibles—young, healthy Americans—to sign up to
purchase health insurance through online exchanges. Those consumers,
who tend to use health care services less frequently, are needed to
subsidize the cost of treating older, sicker ones. Without their
participation in large numbers (the target for next year is 40 percent
of all new enrollees), premium rates for consumers in the exchanges
could rise....
The poll results also jibe with a survey released this week by the Harvard Institute of Politics which
found that fewer than 30 percent of young Americans age 18-29 would or
probably would sign up for health insurance and fewer than 40 percent of
those surveyed approve of the law.
It
also revealed widespread pessimism among African-Americans about the
law's future. A staggering 70 percent of those surveyed (in all age
groups) believe it is "somewhat likely" or "very likely" the law will be
repealed next year.
The United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll,
conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International,
surveyed 1,003 adults by landline and cell phone from Nov. 21-24." via Free Rep.
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