… The percentage of Democrats with health insurance has increased dramatically since the ACA’s marketplace went online in October 2013, according to weekly surveys conducted by YouGov for the Economist. In fact, the display below suggests that Democrats’ uninsured rates have essentially been cut in half under Obamacare.
The Republican Party’s uninsured ranks, by contrast, have been much steadier over the past two years. …
While establishing the causal influence of partisanship on health insurance coverage is difficult, there are strong reasons to believe that Americans’ partisan attachments have played an important part in their Obamacare enrollments. CONT.
Michael Tesler, The Monkey Cage