It has always struck me that one of the main problems with all those polls on the ACA is that pollsters keep asking people who really aren't all that affected by the law what their opinion of it is. Yes, I realize that we are all affected by it in things like the elimination of pre-existing conditions and lifetime caps, but for the vast majority of us who got our insurance through our employer before the ACA and still get it through our employer after the ACA, nothing has really changed. So why ask us if we approve or disapprove of Obamacare? Who really cares what we think?
Well, now Gallup has published a poll that asks only those who have actually gotten insurance through the Obamacare exchanges how THEY feel about. And, guess what, turns out most of them kinda love it.
I'll let Politico explain:
A majority of Americans give good reviews for insurance they recently acquired through government exchanges within the past year, a new poll shows.
With the second round of Obamacare enrollment set to begin on Saturday, 71 percent said their coverage through the exchanges was good or excellent, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. Another 19 percent said the coverage was fair, while 9 percent rated it poorly.
That's 71% (!) rating the coverage they've gotten on the exchanges as EXCELLENT or GOOD. Who would have guessed it based not only on the perpetually negative coverage the ACA gets in the media but from the polls that are always assuring us that everyone in the country hates Obamacare?
As far as I'm concerned, this is the only poll that actually counts.