Patient Pro­tec­tion or Law Protection?

The Patient Pro­tec­tion and Afford­able Care Act (PPACA, “Oba­macare”) has been sub­ject to a great deal of polling.

A poll of the Sen­ate on Decem­ber 24, 2009 resulted in a 60–39 mar­gin in favor.

A poll of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives on March 21, 2010 favored the mea­sure by a much nar­rower mar­gin, 219–212.

The Exec­u­tive Branch was unan­i­mous in its praise for PPACA.

The most recent polling is from the Supreme Court, which voted 5–4 sup­port­ing the con­sti­tu­tion­al­ity, if not nec­es­sar­ily the con­cept, of PPACA.

Now that all three branches of gov­ern­ment have had a crack at it, where do the peo­ple stand? (more…)