ObamaCare is Not As Popular As You Might Think

According to this there was much more enthusiasm for HillaryCare in 1993 and 1994 then for ObamaCare today.

In ‘93 the Cold War was over, the economy was coming out of a recession considerably weaker than this one, and we were 15 years further removed from facing Medicare doomsday than we are now. Fast forward to 2009, with the U.S. stuck in two wars and Obamatopia landing us trillions in the red and it’s only natural that we’d find priorities have hope-n-changed.

One thing interesting that jumped out at me from looking at those poll numbers people that want to rebuild the health care system are only more than 50% in 2 categories. Only if you are a Democrat and if you are making less then $30,000 per year. In 1993 the only people that had less then 50% in support were the GOP (of course,) college grads, and people making $75,000 per year.

I think the idea that we are throwing another $1.5 trillion in new spending right after we have blown $1.75 trillion already is what is throwing off most Americans. Then they think that spending all that money will just end up both not insuring everyone and force you to wait 6 months for hip surgery or something.

I think the main problem with ObamaCare is not just the crushing costs but it is so easy to demonize the issue. Doctors can say you are ripping them off since they will be making far less but malpractice is not capped. Businesses can say that ObamaCare will raise their costs of doing business and they will have to lay off more workers. Hospitals can say that there will be less reimbursement if the government can low-ball insurance companies. Insurance companies can say that they can't compete with the government's low-ball offers. Patients can say that ObamaCare will make them have to wait in line to get surgery.

It is going to be a tough sell any way you slice it. I think Obama needs far more then just one ABC infomercials to get people to back his plan. If I were him I would back-burner this until the economy improves and you can pay down some of that deficit. Americans will back sweeping reform when it doesn't make an $11 trillion deficit into a $12.5 trillion+ deficit.