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

A few days after Steve Wynn said that Congresswoman Shelley Berkley told him that Nancy Pelosi made her vote for ObamaCare, the Kaiser Family Foundation has now released a poll that found Berkley’s healthcare law is less popular than ever.

The poll’s summary and toplines show a bleak picture for Berkley, 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.

“As approval for government-run healthcare hits an all-time low, Nevadans will remember that Shelley Berkley followed her liberal mentor Harry Reid in voting for this flawed bill,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox today.  “When will Berkley finally acknowledge the reality that her health care debacle is so unpopular because of its onerous mandates, harmful results to Nevada’s patients and doctors, and tremendous cost to Nevada taxpayers?” 

Berkley insists ObamaCare would control costs for businesses and families.  But 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 Berkley’s new mandates will cost Nevada $575 million over five years. 

Background Information: 

“Later in the afternoon, Rep. Shelley Berkley added her assent. She said the centerpiece of the bill — making health insurance available to 32 million more Americans including 460,000 uninsured in Nevada — was a shot at controlling medical costs in the long run.  ‘I believe with all my heart the current system is unsustainable,’ Berkley said. ‘The cost of health insurance is skyrocketing. I just made a decision that although this is not a perfect bill there is more in it that was good for the people I represent.’” (Steve Tetreault, Titus, Berkley say they will vote for House bill; ‘public is demanding this,’ says Titus, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 03/19/10)