The Uninsured Like Obamacare Less and Less

One of the most interesting public opinion phenomenons of the
last several months has been the rapid shift against the
president’s health care law amongst the people it was supposed to
help the most—the uninsured. Unfavorable views of Obamacare
continued to rise amongst those who lack insurance this month,
according to the
latest health tracking poll from the Kaiser Family
Foundation.

Shortly after the law passed in 2010, a 57 percent majority of
the uninsured said they approved of Obamacare. And views of the law
were divided fairly evenly as late as last fall. But since the
rollout of the exchanges began last October views have become far
less favorable amongst those without coverage. The Kaiser poll now
finds that amongst the non-elderly uninsured, 54 percent say they
do not approve of the health law while only 22 percent say they
favor it, a split of 34 points.