Believe it or not, Americans like Obamacare. They just don’t know they like Obamacare.
That is, the law known as “Obamacare” and “the Affordable Care Act” is relatively unpopular. But most of the things that this disreputable law does are incredibly popular. …
There’s an entire subgenre of journalism about people who benefit from Obamacare but still oppose the law and/or support Donald Trump, who promised to repeal it. These stories often find Obamacare beneficiaries who don’t realize they’re Obamacare beneficiaries.
Of course, the public confusion is understandable. Some elected officials don’t seem to know what the law does, either. CONT.
Catherine Rampell, Washington Post