Hi all,
Here is a different look at American's opinions on ACA, in which Michael Sakes pulled together disparate data from a variety of public survey polls to show that disapproval may not be as widespread as high-level polling sometimes suggests. I am particularly interested in his point that a lot of the apparent disapproval is correlated to a poor understanding of how the ACA will affect individuals. The author is confident that as people start to experience it, and thus understand its effect on them, in 2014, approval ratings are likely to rise.
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/09/21/what-do-polls-really-tell-us-about-the-publics-view-of-the-affordable-care-act/
This touches on a question I have been toying with for the past couple weeks - is the high level of disapproval of the ACA due to the policy itself being unpopular, or due to the government doing a poor job of selling this new idea to the public? Whose job is it to educate the public about new legislation that will affect them? The government? The media? It seems like information dissemination *should* be a much easier problem to solve.
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This is interesting and consistent with conversations I have had with friends/family who oppose the ACA. Their opposition mostly has nothing to do with what is actually in the ACA. Not sure if this is due to poor communication about the ACA or successful anti-ACA communication.
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