{"id":588,"date":"2017-04-04T18:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T23:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2017-04-04T18:38:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T23:38:34","slug":"aca-obamacare-now-receiving-majority-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/588","title":{"rendered":"ACA (ObamaCare) Now Receiving Majority Approval&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure looks like America is warming up to the ACA (Affordable Care Act). This reality must be causing the Freedom Caucus in particular, and republicans in general, conniption fits.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s approaching the time to give serious consideration to a workable American designed single payer health care (insurance) system. Perhaps something along the lines of Medicare with a little tweaking to\u00a0ensure its long-term viability and sustainability.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>55% approve, up from 42% right after 2016 election<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>40% want to keep law but make significant changes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>30% want to repeal; 26% want to keep law as it is<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/content.gallup.com\/origin\/gallupinc\/GallupSpaces\/Production\/Cms\/POLL\/axnjqwx1nkozt1e7qp_1pg.png?w=660\" alt=\"graph 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read the complete <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/207671\/affordable-care-act-gains-majority-approval-first-time.aspx\">Gallup Poll<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure looks like America is warming up to the ACA (Affordable Care Act). This reality must be causing the Freedom Caucus in particular, and republicans in general, conniption fits. Maybe it&#8217;s approaching the time to give serious consideration to a workable American designed single payer health care (insurance) system. Perhaps something along the lines of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/588\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ACA (ObamaCare) Now Receiving Majority Approval&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthcare","category-polling-data"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-9u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":426,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/426","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":0},"title":"CBO Report On The Republican Health Care Plan Is Out. It Ain&#8217;t Pretty&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The CBO's numbers are in. Projected savings through 2016 are 337 billion dollars and the number of insured Americans\u00a0will decline \u00a0by 24 million souls. Premiums\u00a0are projected to be\u00a015 to 20 percent higher in the first year compared to the ACA. After 2026 premiums are projected to be \u00a010 percent lower\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Healthcare&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Healthcare","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/healthcare"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":502,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/502","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":1},"title":"Trump and Ryan Fail To Pass Repeal and Replace&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The ACA remains the law for the foreseeable future. Speaker Paul Ryan's bill did not have the votes to pass, primarily due to the curmudgeon conservatives that felt the bill did not go far enough to hurt the less fortunate. In spite\u00a0of Mr. Art of the\u00a0Trump's arm twisting and threats\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":394,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/394","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":2},"title":"Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s Letter To Speaker Ryan&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Following is a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan from Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.\u00a0 Questions she raises are reasonable and demand answers. With the GOP intent on railroading their replacement through the Congress and Senate calling your representatives and senators\u00a0to express your concern might be something you want\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":367,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/367","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":3},"title":"Senator Rand Paul Supports Stand Alone Bill Repealing The ACA&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On this Kentucky Senator \u00a0Rand Paul\u00a0is just another libertarian dunderhead. Repeal without a replacement first\u00a0makes about as much sense as jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. Not that the republican establishment's replacement plan is a good one mind you. Rand Paul is not backing down. Hours after President\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Healthcare&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Healthcare","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/healthcare"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":506,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/506","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":4},"title":"Republicans Control Washington, Are Fractured As A Party&#8230; Can They Effectively Lead?","author":"Les","date":"March 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As the failed attempt to repeal and replace the ACA\u00a0made clear to the nation\u00a0the party controlling Washington DC is\u00a0nearly as internally divided has as America itself. Something Trump can take at least partial credit for. Time is short tonight as prior commitments are consuming our time. 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