When complaining backfires
by digby
A survey released Monday by Bankrate.com shows awareness and interest in the plan is growing among key demographics. The poll found 51 percent of all those surveyed — Democrats and Republicans alike — say the House Republican attacks and troubled launch of the Obamacare website have made them more interested in the new medical insurance plan. Only 4 percent say they’re less interested.
The poll was conducted between Oct. 17 and 20, immediately after the government shutdown and while media attention was shifting to the many technical problems with the Healthcare.gov website.
Interest in the plan is especially high among younger people who are needed to make the plan’s economics work. Nearly 60 percent of so-called “young invincibles” age 18 to 29 said they wanted to know more about the ACA. Because people this age use less healthcare than other groups, their insurance payments help subsidize the healthcare costs of others.
All the media attention also seems to have made up for what has been considered a lackluster effort by the government to make people aware of the ACA. Around 64 percent of the uninsured said they were now curious about it, the highest rate of any group in the survey
I’m going to guess that wasn’t part of the plan …
Obviously, this doesn’t mean they will sign up or like the program but it seems they will at least know about it, which is the first step to implementation.
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