Here’s a Rasmussen poll that is sure to knock your socks off. When asked, a majority of the uninsured thought Obamacare sounded pretty good to them. I was a bit buoyed seeing that only 58% thought it sounded good. Apparently the other 32% have some level of personal responsibility.
The survey found that when viewed on the basis of their political ideology, the uninsured’s perspective doesn’t look much different than the insured:
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of uninsured Republicans oppose the plan while 88% of Democrats favor it. Those not affiliated with either party are evenly divided.
Perhaps the most interesting bit of information from the poll was this:
Thirty-four percent (34%) of the uninsured voters are under 30. In Election 2008, just 18% of voters were that young.
People under 30 are the group easiest to insure. In general, this age group is the healthiest and has the fewest by far, of any pre existing conditions. This means that rates for their insurance would be relatively cheap, especially if they were getting only catastrophic insurance and that they would have few issues that would prevent an insurer from making them an offer of coverage. Along with this, there are many state programs that provide financial assistance for low income, temporarily unemployed and other reasons that someone in this younger age group may not be able to afford insurance. Yet, with all these advantages, they make up over 1/3 of the uninsured and likely a significant portion of the folks who think that Obamacare is just the thing we need.
Under all Democrat plans there will be a penalty or tax if you don’t have Obamacare. The tax or penalty will likely be as much and possibly more than those same under 30s would pay today for catastrophic health care. I wonder if anyone has explained to the under 30 crowd that Obamacare does not mean free health care? I suspect not. I suspect the reason that the under 30 crowd is so enamored with Obamacare is the same reason they are enamored with other government run programs. For many of the under 30 crowd, if the government is paying for it, it’s free so they’ll take two.
