Young Americans Resistant to Obamacare

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I don't want to sound delusional but this poll is skewed: at the height of Obama's second term popularity, the Harvard's series showed that him earning a 52% approval rating from the so-called "young invincibles": an approval rating no different from the rest of the country. It's also worth taking into account that this series covers undergraduates, not young voters as a whole. Obama has performed poorly amongst young whites since he was inaugurated but as held up strongly amongst minorities, its no surprise that a white-dominated demographic would show him in trouble.

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What's missing here is "why" should the ones who are now able to ride on their parents insurance until they are 26 sign up for individual insurance?   In a way, the very persons they need to sign up are the ones who they gave a waiver to.

Plenty of the "young invincibles" parents don't have insurance.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

What's missing here is "why" should the ones who are now able to ride on their parents insurance until they are 26 sign up for individual insurance?   In a way, the very persons they need to sign up are the ones who they gave a waiver to.

Plenty of the "young invincibles" parents don't have insurance.

Hence the phrasing "... the ones who are now able to ...".  Those who aren't able to ride on their parents plans probably can't afford individual insurance on their own without government subsidies as it is, so they won't be the ones providing the needed funding the legislation is banking on.

It's not the funding that's needed. It's a broad risk pool that's needed.

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It's also worth taking into account that this series covers undergraduates, not young voters as a whole.

Wait seriously? What an awful poll then.

You know the media's concern trolling has gotten out of hand when this information isn't posted along with the poll...