And, at some point during the hullabaloo that presaged its enactment, the Affordable Care Act also became known as Obamacare. A Huffington Post investigation reveals that the “Affordable Care Act,” it turns out, is exactly the same thing as “Obamacare.” They aren’t two different things. @AlecMacGillis Old white guy in Dr.'s waiting room, sitting next to me:"they said Obamacare would be repealed, not the Affordable Care Act!" Through it all, of course, the Affordable Care Act was hurt by the fact that a much larger universe of people have opinions about the health care law than actually use it to obtain health care coverage. The Atlantic’s Olga Khazan has noted how deeply this phenomenon has permeated the discourse around the Affordable Care Act.

Source: Huffington Post January 18, 2017 02:14 UTC