New Obamacare Problems: Negative Poll Results, Unauthorized Charges, and an Expensive Ad Campaign

The Obamacare nightmare continues, complete with more negative poll results, declining support from the young, unauthorized debit card charges for premiums, and an outrageous advertising blitz. An Associated Press-GfK poll showed that nearly 4 out of 5 people say Obamacare will worsen insurance coverage, Newsmax reports: Nearly half of those with job-based or other private coverage say their policies will be changing next year — mostly for the worse. Sixty-nine percent say their premiums will be going up, while 59 percent say annual deductibles or copayments are increasing. Only 21 percent of those with private coverage said their plan is expanding to cover more types of medical care, though coverage of preventive care at no charge to the patient has been required by the law for the past couple of years. Fourteen percent said coverage for spouses is being restricted or eliminated, and 11 percent said their plan is being discontinued. Disapproval of Obama’s handling of health care topped 60 percent in the poll. In the poll, taken just after the revamped federal website was unveiled, 11 percent of Americans said they or someone in their household had tried to sign up for health insurance in the new marketplaces. Sixty-two percent of those said they or the person in their household ran into problems. About one-fourth of all who tried managed to enroll.



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