Thursday, November 14, 2013

It Seems Like Everyone Turned on Obamacare at the Same Time

I guess there is now bipartisan support behind the idea that Obamacare is a dismal failure.

If the latest poll numbers and enrollment figures are to be believed, we could be witnessing a political achievement unequaled in modern political history: the complete demolition of one party’s long-term dominance on an issue area – the Democrats’ ownership of the health care issue – in the space of a few months. Quinnipiac finds that young people trust Republicans in Congress more on health policy than the president; that a plurality of Hispanics, long the most pro-Obamacare faction, are now opposed to the law; and that overwhelming majorities (70+ percent) of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are in favor of delaying the law.

It is a pretty easy sell when the President repeats the line "If you like your doctor you can keep him period. If you like your insurance you can keep it period." 100s of times and 4 million Americans have their policies cancelled.

I can understand why they unilaterally postponed the employer mandate because that would have been a disaster of biblical proportions. Imagine if you add to that 4 million 10,000s of small businesses canceling their policies and putting people onto the broken exchanges all at the same time? The fear and loathing in America would have been unimaginable.

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