Public Support for Another ACA Feature

As some Dem candidates in 2014 begin to emerge from a fetal position on the Affordable Care Act (see our post yesterday), they are discovering that a majority of Americans favor the key features of the Act -- coverage for pre-existing conditions, no lifetime caps, and Medicaid expansion are three that come to mind.  Now, the Journal of the American Medical Association has polled Americans on the provision that requires companies to provide comprehensive birth control coverage, and Surprise! it's favored by 70% of the public, including a majority of Catholics.  The Catholic Church and right-wing evangelicals have fought the provision, claiming that it violates freedom of religion.  A wingnut-owned business, Hobby Lobby, has taken the U.S. to court over its objection to providing health insurance with that provision.

As Dems find their voice on defending affordable health insurance for Americans, and pointing out their Rethuglican opponents don't have an alternative plan, they may prove the Rethug-wired pundits wrong in 2014 who had forecasted the Act would prove to be an albatross.