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Politico | Poll finds low support for Obamacare
According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released late Wednesday night, the president’s health reform law is considered a good idea by 37 percent of respondents, while 49 percent say that the Affordable Care Act is a bad idea. That’s the highest number since NBC/WSJ began polling about the ACA in 2009, NBC said.
National Journal | Separate and Unequal Access to Health Care?
Segregation is still real. Although black-white segregation has, overall, declined steadily since the 1970s, major American metros remain split into black and white areas.
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Heritage Foundation | Obamacare Cost Rises by $30 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a new statement on the budgetary effect of repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) for fiscal years 2014 to 2023. The CBO did not model or update a full scoring of repeal. It found that the cost of Obamacare has increased by $30 billion since last July’s estimate for the fiscal years 2014–2022, but thinks this could be offset by more cost savings and tax revenue by extending the timeline an additional year.
