Obama earns low health care approval rating

Low health care approval ratings for the president followed continuous problems plaguing HealthCare.gov, lower-than-expected enrollment numbers under PPACA, and news of cancelled insurance policies for consumers.

“If — and it’s a big if — the president can convince the American people that the economy is getting better and that ObamaCare will be good for them, it will go a long way to rebuilding his sagging job approval ratings,” Tim Malloy, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement.

Health care is among Americans’ top priorities: 18 percent think it should be the top priority for Obama and Congress in 2014. The economy and jobs remain most important — 15 percent of voters named the economy and 16 percent named jobs or unemployment most important.

See also:

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