August 30, 2011 2:56PM 

# Nearly Two-Thirds of ObamaCare’s Supposed Beneficiaries Think It Won’t Help Them 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Here are a few takeaways from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s most recent monthly [poll](http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8217-F.pdf).

**1. Nearly Two Thirds of ObamaCare’s Supposed Beneficiaries Think It Won’t Help Them.**

[ObamaCare](https://www.cato.org/wp-admin/www.cato.org/bad-medicine/)’s actual beneficiaries are politicians, [government bureaucrats](http://spectator.org/archives/2010/06/04/the-empress-of-obamacare), insurance companies, drug manufacturers, etc.—but that’s another blog post for another time.

The law’s *supposed* beneficiaries are the uninsured. Yet 61 percent of them think the law will either not help them or will hurt them (see pie chart below). The main takeaway: Congress can repeal ObamaCare and its supposed beneficiaries won’t even care.

![Media Name: pit082911_1.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/pit082911_1.gif?itok=mJ1QLA2m) 

**2. Some of the Uninsured Who Think ObamaCare Will Help Them Are Wrong.**

One respondent [said](http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8217-F.pdf) that under ObamaCare, you “can go to the doctor with no problems, unlike now you have to worry about insurance and bills.” Yeah. Good luck with that.

**3. ObamaCare Is Less Popular than Ever.**

In August 2011, support for ObamaCare hit an [all-time low](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/30/healthplan_n_725503.html) in the KFF poll:

![Media Name: KFF-AUG-2011-poll.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/KFF-AUG-2011-poll.jpg?itok=uZOYKkMR) 

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