Polling Memo: No Recess for ObamaCare Woes

ObamaCare: Surging Premiums & Shattered Promises

While Congress has taken a one month hiatus in preparation for a busy fall, there’s been no August recess for the President’s failing health care legacy known as ObamaCare.

In the latest report from Kaiser, “the average employer-provided family health insurance premiums have climbed $2,976.”¹

Flashback to June 5^th, 2008—at a town hall meeting in Bristol, Virginia, the President promised to “lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year.”²  Promise broken.

In fact, the “survey found that the average family premium this year is $16,351, up 4% over the last year, and up 22% since 2009.”

And, as the next phase of implementation haunts the road ahead, there’s no wonder President Obama is sitting minus 18 on healthcare (39-57), a net movement of 21 points against the President since his reelection.

POLLSTER: National Research for The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust

DATE: Conducted January to May 2013; Released 8/20/13

SAMPLE: Sampled 2,067 firms

SOURCE: Slide 3; http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/8465-employer-health-benefits-2013-chartpack.pdf

POLLSTER: Gallup

DATE: Conducted 8/7-11/2013

SAMPLE: Sampled 2,059 Adults; 18±; MoE ±3.0% @95% confidence interval

SOURCE: http://www.gallup.com/poll/163985/obama-economic-approval-slips.aspx

¹http://news.investors.com/082313-668492-health-premiums-climbed-obama-promised-cut.htm

² http://www.factcheck.org/2008/06/obamas-inflated-health-savings/