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Skill and Chance
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« on: April 21, 2015, 05:17:18 PM »

Yea, "No Impact" should really be 80-90% in all three categories.
True, unless you have kids and/or a pre-existing condition then you are almost sure to be in the 'helped' category.

But the worst thing is that there is a massive partisan divide in the 'hurt' category. I would love to see how those people said they were hurt. Sure some (very few) people come out losers, but there is no way that it is weighted by party to such a significant amount.

Many people who already had generous employer-sponsored plans that exceeded the minimum Obamacare standards are finding that they now cover less with more cost sharing.  They are generally upper-middle class with white collar jobs and probably vote R outside of the Northeast and CA.
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Skill and Chance
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2015, 05:33:03 PM »

Yea, "No Impact" should really be 80-90% in all three categories.
True, unless you have kids and/or a pre-existing condition then you are almost sure to be in the 'helped' category.

But the worst thing is that there is a massive partisan divide in the 'hurt' category. I would love to see how those people said they were hurt. Sure some (very few) people come out losers, but there is no way that it is weighted by party to such a significant amount.

Many people who already had generous employer-sponsored plans that exceeded the minimum Obamacare standards are finding that they now cover less with more cost sharing.  They are generally upper-middle class with white collar jobs and probably vote R outside of the Northeast and CA.

yes I am aware of that but there is no way that adds up to 38% of Republicans. I suspect that most of that 38% think their taxes have been raised and/or Medicare benefits have been cut (both of which are untrue, unless they were on one of those 'Cadillac' plans). Just look at the chart over awareness of the costs of Obamacare, the ignorance goes up most with Republicans.
You don't think that $100K-500K managerial types are ~30% of Republicans nationally?  Clearly the lower end of that range votes Dem in some metro areas, but throw in small business owners who formerly had no role in their employees' healthcare and liked it that way and that should get you there.
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