More Bad News For Manchin As ObamaCare Approval Hits An All-Time Low

As Democrat Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) struggles to defend his support of ObamaCare, this month’s Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll shows that both Manchin and President Obama have even greater reason to fear West Virginia voters at the polls next year: their 2,700 page, $2.5 trillion health care law is less popular than ever.

The poll’s summary and toplines show a bleak picture for Manchin, Obama, and their fellow Washington Democrats:

• Overall favorability of the law stands at 34%, an all-time low;
• The percentage of very favorable support stands at 12%, an all-time low;
• The percentage of respondents who think they personally will be better off due to the law stands at a mere 18%, an all-time low;
• The percentage of respondents who think the country as a whole will be better off due to the law stands at 28%, an all-time low;
• Approval of the law among Democrats dropped by 13% in the last month to only 52%, an all-time low.

Notably, Manchin voted earlier this year to keep ObamaCare as the law of the land.

“As approval for the Democrats’ massive health care overhaul hits an all-time low, West Virginians will remember that Joe Manchin voted to keep ObamaCare as the law of the land,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond today.  “When will Manchin finally acknowledge the reality that he and Obama’s health care debacle is so unpopular because of its onerous mandates, harmful results to West Virginia’s patients and doctors, and tremendous cost to West Virginia taxpayers?” 

The U.S. Senate Finance and U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committees released a joint report earlier this year, estimating that ObamaCare’s Medicaid spending mandates alone will cost states at least $118 billion through the first decade of full implementation (through 2013).  Specifically, the report reveals that ObamaCare’s new mandates will cost West Virginia $217 million over five years.