Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Reading list on Obamacare: when government gets involved

NYT: Obamacare Collapse 'Has Deeply Embarrassed' White House  "A New York Times investigative article based on two dozen interviews with industry insiders and confidential Obama Administration documents reveals that the catastrophic $500 million Obamacare rollout "has deeply embarrassed the White House" and has the technology companies involved "publicly distancing themselves" from the Obamacare fiasco. "

Well, this may be splitting hairs, but the embarrassment is over the website and not, as yet, over the ACA itself and its issues.

The NY Times article From the Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Portal; Even some supporters of the Affordable Care Act worry that the flaws in the system, if not quickly fixed, could threaten the fiscal health of the insurance initiative, which depends on throngs of customers to spread the risk and keep prices low.
...."Former government officials say the White House, which was calling the shots, feared that any backtracking would further embolden Republican critics who were trying to repeal the health care law. "

Daily Caller; Obamacare is in Crisis Now. Right Now. ..."Young people won’t make the effort to look up insurance companies on their own when they don’t really care that much about getting insurance anyway. They won’t try 50 times to use a balky web site.  ”Without the exchanges, the death spiral seems almost assured.' ”...

All the above and many more at Lucianne.

Mona Charen; Republicans’ Secret Ally Against Obamacare   "For all its flaws, the GOP remains the only vehicle for advancing conservative ideas in practice, and it is the only possible vehicle for saving this country from the truly awful consequences of Democratic governance. If the Republican party loses all purchase with voters, Democrats will do to America what they’ve done to Detroit, Philadelphia, and Chicago."
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"As is typical of Democratic solutions, it imposes a nationwide mandate on everyone to solve the discrete problem of a few."  Emphasis added.

The Top 10 Reasons Why Obamacare Will Always Be Controversial   "While some Americans will come to depend on Obamacare and its subsidies, driving up dependence on government and solidifying more Democrat votes, their signature law will always be a divisive, controversial law."
Political Cartoons by Bob Gorrell

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