Post by AztecWilliam on Dec 20, 2012 13:11:54 GMT -8
I am still waiting for a robust, fact based argument in favor of ObamaCare from the folks on AztecMesa who claim that all I do is heap abuse on Pres. Obama. If the law is so good, why would that not be easy to do? The fact is that it was poorly conceived, passed under circumstances that remind one of how banana republics operate (e.g., the Cornhusker Kickback, GatorAid, various exemptions, etc.) and in any case seems certain to (A) cost vastly more than advertised, (B) will not even cover all uninsured, and (C) likely will harm the quality of American health care services.
If ObamaCare were so good, at least a few Republicans would have voted for it. The major social-welfare type legislation of the past (Medicare, for example) benefited from at least a few Republican votes. Furthermore, none of those laws caused such a wide-spread and lasting uproar of opposition from the general public.
It appears that the Obama administration (those folks who were so uninterested in the details of the system that they left its creation to the Leftists in the Democrat controlled Congress) is starting to realize that ObamaCare is a pig which even copious amounts of lipstick cannot save. First, there were the retreats on CLASS and the requirement for paperwork on every miniscule transaction done by health care providers. Now the prospect that nearly half the states are saying "No, thanks!" on the issue of setting up their own heath care insurance exchanges is posing a really serious problem.
Basically, ObamaCare looks like it will become the legislative equivalent to the Hindenburg. As for the exchanges, might Obama ask for a delay in fully implementing the law? Could be, though to do so would mean an admission that the pig is in fact a pig. Here are details, with some quotes form the linked article. . .
. . .(under ObamaCare) the states get little power and a lot of responsibility. The final authority for all significant decisions about the exchanges rests with Washington, D.C. Why would any rational politician want to own politically the creation of a new bureaucracy that requires higher taxes to implement a program where you have little ability to change what it does to meet the needs of your citizens?
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All along the Obama administration has clearly been fairly nervous about this aspect of the process – it wants to be able to spread the blame around to state governments if the whole system comes crashing down.
www.ocregister.com/opinion/states-381176-obama-exchanges.html
AzWm
If ObamaCare were so good, at least a few Republicans would have voted for it. The major social-welfare type legislation of the past (Medicare, for example) benefited from at least a few Republican votes. Furthermore, none of those laws caused such a wide-spread and lasting uproar of opposition from the general public.
It appears that the Obama administration (those folks who were so uninterested in the details of the system that they left its creation to the Leftists in the Democrat controlled Congress) is starting to realize that ObamaCare is a pig which even copious amounts of lipstick cannot save. First, there were the retreats on CLASS and the requirement for paperwork on every miniscule transaction done by health care providers. Now the prospect that nearly half the states are saying "No, thanks!" on the issue of setting up their own heath care insurance exchanges is posing a really serious problem.
Basically, ObamaCare looks like it will become the legislative equivalent to the Hindenburg. As for the exchanges, might Obama ask for a delay in fully implementing the law? Could be, though to do so would mean an admission that the pig is in fact a pig. Here are details, with some quotes form the linked article. . .
. . .(under ObamaCare) the states get little power and a lot of responsibility. The final authority for all significant decisions about the exchanges rests with Washington, D.C. Why would any rational politician want to own politically the creation of a new bureaucracy that requires higher taxes to implement a program where you have little ability to change what it does to meet the needs of your citizens?
. . . . .
All along the Obama administration has clearly been fairly nervous about this aspect of the process – it wants to be able to spread the blame around to state governments if the whole system comes crashing down.
www.ocregister.com/opinion/states-381176-obama-exchanges.html
AzWm
