Poll: Americans More Dissatisfied With Obamacare Than Ever

America is moving past the promises and the rhetoric into the realm of reality.  And reality is punching them in the mouth:

According to new polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which has closely tracked Obamacare for years, 37 percent of those surveyed have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act, while 53 percent have an unfavorable view. That’s an eight-percentage-point jump in unfavorability over last month, and a two-point drop in favorability over the same time.

Why the shift? It’s not because millions of Americans have suddenly become conservative Republicans. Kaiser found that disapproval of Obamacare has risen across the board. Among Democrats, for example, the law’s unfavorable rating jumped six points in July, while its favorable rating fell four points. A similar thing happened among independents and — it hardly seemed possible — among Republicans who already hated the law.

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Obamacare’s unfavorables also rose among all income groups — people who make less than $40,000 a year, those who make between $40,000 and $90,000 a year, and those who make more than $90,000. The same among all age groups. And the same for race and ethnicity: Disapproval rose among whites, blacks, and Hispanics.

Rather than a shift among some identifiable group, Obamacare’s rising unpopularity seems to be a product of the simple fact that, several months into its implementation, more and more people are having personal experience with the law.

“Personal experience.”

Meaning, this:

The bad news in California: If you liked your plan and/or your doctor, many of you couldn’t keep either if you had an individual-market plan. The worse news in California: If you liked your premiums, you definitely couldn’t keep those. In the first year of ObamaCare, premiums rose in the Golden State anywhere from 22% to 88% from the previous year — even as insurer networks narrowed so much that consumers had a tough time finding a provider at all…

But, but, but, liberals say there isn’t going to be rate shock. Just a small increase.

Awesome. The only thing is, Obamacare was supposed to LOWER PREMIUMS, by up to $2,500 per year.

As you know, I don’t think this was ever supposed to work. After all, if it worked, there’s no reason for single payer.

And single payer is the goal.

As more and more Americans become dissatisfied with Obamacare, the greater the likelihood of seeing someone suggest single payer becomes.

I suspect we’ll see it as soon as 2016. What do you think?

Hat Tip: Sister Toldjah