Such a simple plan - raise the prices dramatically, provide a subsidy to make the people dependent on the government, sign up new voters along with Obamacare enrollment - it was always about power and control, not health care.
“... it was always about power and control, not health care.”
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Of course. Which is why the Republicans won’t do anything beyond a meaningless vote in the House to get rid of it. Doesn’t matter if the Republicans win the Senate next year or the White House in 2016 — they want the power just as much as the Democrats. Such power is intoxicating and not easy to give up.