… While the popularity of “Obamacare” has fluctuated a bit in the five-plus years since it became law, the amazing thing is how little public opinion has changed. Roughly speaking, a little more than 40 percent of Americans approve of the law, while around 50 percent disapprove — though the precise numbers vary a bit from survey to survey. …
The ACA’s critics, who throw around words like “debacle” and “train wreck,” say these tepid polling results are proof that people directly affected by the law don’t like it. But a review of recent polling, plus some statistical calculations performed at the Huffington Post’s request by researchers at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies national health policy, suggest two other factors are driving public perceptions. CONT.
Mark Blumenthal & Jonathan Cohn, Huffington Post
Recent polls: Affordable Care Act