Michigan, a state that Barack Obama won by 16 points and which hasn’t gone to a Republican presidential candidate in 22 years, opposes ObamaCare by 8 points — with voters under age-30 being opposed to it by more than 2-to-1.
At a time of nearly 10 percent unemployment, 90 companies have already reported reduced earnings because of ObamaCare — with most of them reporting reduced earnings of more than $1 million.
Medical device manufacturers say they would have to lay off workers and curb the research and development of new medical tools as a result of ObamaCare’s 2.3 percent tax on medical devices — a tax which would cost these companies an estimated $20 billion over the next decade.
“Why would AP run a story suggesting the complete opposite of the preponderance of evidence from the polls? Perhaps the answer lies in Rasmussen’s tallies of Obamacare’s support among various groups of voters, which show repeal being favored by 75 percent of ‘mainstream’ Americans but only 15 percent of the ‘political class.'”
“‘Repeal Means Repeal.’…Not partial repeal or repeal of pieces of Obamacare or some repeal and some acceptance and some tinkering with the legislation Obama just signed. Repeal.”
According to a survey by the Council of Insurance Agents And Brokers, the vast majority of employers face raising insurance costs and pass those costs to their employees, despite President Obama’s promises that families would see their annual premiums reduced by $2,500.
Disproving ObamaCare’s promise that “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan,” a health insurance company offering high-deductible policies to be coupled with health savings accounts is closing after only two years of operation because they will be unable to meet the new burdens of ObamaCare, leaving consumers with less choice and less competition.
Republicans should defeat the nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick to head Medicare and Medicaid. The President and his allies have said that ObamaCare wouldn’t lead to government control of our health-care system, but that’s exactly what it would do, and Berwick has made it abundantly clear that that’s exactly what he wants.
After a series of projections by independent experts and revelations by businesses, Americans are becoming increasingly aware that ObamaCare is anything but a cost-cutter.
As the true costs of ObamaCare keep coming to light, Americans’ desire for repeal — merged with their concerns over jobs, spending, and deficits — will likely produce a “wave” election.