A name can be a tricky thing.

Take for example, the Patient Protection and Affordable CareAct. During the campaign to pass the landmark legislation in 2010,opponents of the then-proposed law facetiously labeled it“Obamacare.” Supporters were quick to assume ownership of themoniker, though. It made sense, actually—there was a time whenPresident Barack Obama's approval rankings weren't hovering around40 percent. Aligning the legislation with so popular a presidentguaranteed support from a lot of people. Obama himself evenreferred to PPACA as Obamacare.

Now fast forward a few years. Opponents were quick to seize onObamacare's botched exchange rollouts, policy cancellations andhigher premiums in an effort to discredit one of the most sweepingdomestic policies to come along since Lyndon B. Johnson's GreatSociety. All of a sudden, critics who used the term “Obamacare”were racists. The Associated Press and NPR began limiting their useof the term. Now that the administration says 8 million people havesigned up for health insurance through exchanges, the vitriol hasdied down somewhat, but the Obamacare name game is sure tocontinue.