Democrats are brilliant. When Obamacare (or ACA as it has been called once the shit has hit the fan) failed, the Congressional Dems had a secret meeting with HHS, with no Republicans. That meeting was to unify all Dems with the same lie: Obamacare and the website has "glitches" but it is a good product and if it doesn't work, it's because of Republican "sabotage."
You've heard this when they were grilling Libelius, every Republican wanted to know how many people enrolled, sources say it's less than 10 in the first few days, or how people can't keep their plans (because many of the Gov't approved plans include expensive features like keeping kids on until 26, fertility treatments, kids' dental--something a healthy, single 25 year old male wouldn't NEED)... the Democrats cried out how the evil republicans are sabotaging the plan, keeping special needs kids, poor people with pre-existing conditions, single mothers from getting "affordable" health care. The Politbureau left wing media then went further and compared this to racism. They also didn't mention how this "affordable" health care for a small percentage of uninsured Americans will be subsidized by the rest of us who already had health insurance we liked with increasing premiums.
It's a done deal. Obama lied about the ACA. He lied about people being able to keep their coverage. Democrats shoved this down America's throat. But it doesn't matter, the Democrats are brilliant at propaganda and political maneuvering. Obamacare is "the law of the land" (strangely Obama keeps trying to bypass the "law of the land" Bill of Rights, especially 2A) and you can't repeal or get rid of it, strangely the Constitution disagrees with this Constitutional scholar. Opposition to Obamacare is not wanting to pay your "fair share" it means you don't want poor people to have health insurance. And if Republicans want to pile on the blame, they get blamed with sabotaging the ACA.
It's brilliant how Democrats own a serious failure and will blame it on Republicans in 2014... and win. But we will all lose as our premiums skyrocket and the quality of health care will decline as increasing pressures and decreasing reimbursements get shoved upon doctors. Employers will push more workers to less than 30 hours, fire workers to keep under the magic number of 50 or just freeze hiring, insurance companies with decent plans will drop more and more since now the government dictates what you "need" on a health plan, even if you don't have kids, are single, or are past your childbearing age.
All this costs lots of money. You can have it good or cheap. There are better ways to get those without health care access to good health care without destroying the quality of health care for everyone else. If the target goal is a Single Payer system, as we are all afraid it is, then everyone really loses. The Government already pays pennies on the dollar for Medicare/Medicaid, imagine how that will deincentivise quality care for the entire nation.
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