The right continues to hope against hope that a force will rise up to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Now it's polling showing young voters skepticism for what is known as "Obamacare".
It's a chore to get anything in government repealed, from national policy affecting one-sixth of the economy to a local ordinance telling you what kind of fence you can have.
Despite the non-stop chatter on cable over health insurance and the rants of the Administration and its opponents, most people are not that engaged.
Yes, a 28 year old who has never stroked a check for health insurance is not going to want to start paying a grand more a month for a policy. Some of us were brought up in a time when you tended to your individual obligations....Those times are gone.
So the prospect of spending money will repel younger workers not using a lot of health services. And the me-generation is not going to accept the notion they have to pay up to keep older people's premiums in check. But......
In order to repeal you need to win both houses of Congress and the White House and even then there may be cold feet to repeal something that by 2017 is institutionalized. The costs may gnaw at standards of living. If so, see the previous post on tiny houses.
Young Americans Expect Obamacare to Be Repealed - NationalJournal.com
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