Just last week, I read a blog post by a student that talked about an article that said Obamacare was really costing Americans money, it was bad for the economy, etc. An article that was obviously from the right. In an article written by Geoffrey Cowley of MSNBC, it was an article advertised to shoot down the right's latest bashing of Obamacare. Yet when I clicked on the article, its title was very negative to start. "Millions will lose their old health plans under Obamacare- and most will come out ahead." An article name like that immediately didn't bode well for the left's argument. Throughout the article it had many negative examples of Obamacare while not providing as strong counter-examples to shed a positive light on Obamacare. One example that stood out to me was one made at the end of the article talking about two individuals. One was a real estate agent who would have to pay almost $200 extra to have the bottom-tier plan under the Affordable Healthcare Act. And yet when a positive counter-example was made, they said that for every person like that, there is probably a so-so and then gave the person's bio and why it helped them.

This article not only shows possible negatives for Obamacare that the Republicans showed, it also showed that Obama's promises of everyone getting to keep their health plans if they already have one were false promises. There is enough political  polarization as it is with each side bashing the other and giving little facts to what is actually going on. Yes the government shut down created great polarization within the government as well as with the American people, however polls have shown that the Republican party as a whole is still lower in approval rating than the Democrats. However, if people learn that they might have to spend more money just to keep in line with the law, that Democrat approval rating might just hit Republican levels within the next year.


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