New Analysis Finds the Affordable Care Act Mentioned in 14% of This Year’s Political Ads

About 14 percent of political ads in all races airing in 2014 through October 15 mention the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare or any of the law’s specific provisions, mostly in a negative way, a new Kaiser Family Foundation study finds.

Overall, about a quarter (26%) of political spots airing so far this year mention health care issues, including Medicare, veterans’ health care and women’s health issues. Nearly half of these political ad spots mentioning health do not mention the ACA or any of its provisions. Republicans include ACA messaging in 84 percent of their political ad spots that cover health issues, compared to 15 percent for Democrats.