One ongoing frustration for ACA supporters in public opinion polling is the fact that the number of people say that the ACA has directly harmed them and their families consistently outstrips the number who say it has directly helped them.
Now that the ACA is directly subsidizing health insurance for about 20 million people, that particular perception has narrowed but not closed. Here's a graph from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which polls on this question regularly:
Since last May, the gap has narrowed from 24-14 to 22-19. But it's still there, and the question is where the perception (and/or reality) of direct harm comes from.
Now that the ACA is directly subsidizing health insurance for about 20 million people, that particular perception has narrowed but not closed. Here's a graph from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which polls on this question regularly:
Since last May, the gap has narrowed from 24-14 to 22-19. But it's still there, and the question is where the perception (and/or reality) of direct harm comes from.
