President Obama delivered a speech in Dallas, Texas Wednesday evening to advertise Obamacare, and whereas it’s going to have looked as if it would some that Sen. Ted Cruz‘s briar patch could be antagonistic territory for the Affordable Care Act, White Home Press Secretary Jay Carney begs to fluctuate. All over a group with reporters on Air Force One, Carney touted outcomes from a University of Texas/Texas Tribune ballot that he stated shows, whereas Obamacare “just isn’t particularly well-liked in that state, which would possibly not come as a shock given its status as a red state, in reality, a number of the parts of the Inexpensive Care Act are relatively widespread.”

Ahead of taking any questions from journalists, Carney commenced via explaining that Texas Governor Rick Perry’s refusal to extend Medicare within the state will have penalties for Texans. “In step with the Kaiser Household Basis, if Texas determined to extend Medicaid, the state’s uninsured population could be reduced by using over 50 p.c by 2016, meaning an extra 1.2 million Texans would acquire coverage,” Carney stated. “As well as, Kaiser estimates that increasing Medicaid may save Texans $1.7 billion in prices incurred because of uncompensated care over the next 10 years.”

He then moved on to that UT/TT poll. “Two-thirds of voters beef up giving states the approach to enlarge Medicaid programs for low-profits, uninsured adults,” Carney said. “Three-quarters of Texans — Texas voters, reasonably — like the theory of tax credit for small businesses that offer medical insurance to their employees. Virtually as many, seventy three %, support the creation of well being care marketplaces the place small businesses and people without health protection can retailer for it.”

“Prohibiting insurance coverage companies from denying coverage as a result of preexisting stipulations has the reinforce of seventy six percent of registered Texas voters, and sixty one p.c, led by way of Democratic and unbiased voters, said they’d make stronger increasing the Medicare payroll tax on upper-profits American citizens,” Carney persisted.

“A moderate majority of Republicans beef up permitting kids to remain on their folks’ medical health insurance except age 26, however independents are extra strongly in want, and Democrats overwhelmingly reinforce that provision,” he concluded.

The UT/TT poll mirrors other ballot results which have persistently shown that, despite the media narrative that the Affordable Care Act is “unpopular,” virtually each part of the Affordable Care Act is wildly fashionable, except for the person mandate. In reality, the person mandate is the one a part of Obamacare that more Texans antagonistic than supported. Even the corporation mandate enjoys forty nine% toughen, versus 43% opposition. As ordinary, although, seventy eight% reinforce taking away preexisting condition discrimination, which cannot occur without an individual mandate. A full 67% beef up the regulation’s Medicaid growth.

Perhaps most remarkably, these numbers have remained strong regardless of home-state Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign towards the legislation, and weeks of intensely poor coverage of its launch.