1) Insurance companies opposed the law generally and voiced their opinions like any other lobbying group. Do you oppose allowing companies to have any political opinions or to have any voice in laws that affect their core existence?
2) The rates are going up to support the increased benefits ACA requires them to add to policies. You don’t get more for free after all. And 3) the dems do not set premiums, state agencies do. This has not changed. Of course, C is the final goal.
4) ACA will never go away. The pubs want is as badly as the dems. The pubs will promise to *reform* it. This process is already ongoing. The next budget battle date was chosen to be after ACA goes into effect for a reason. (Ooops, too late....) And single-payer will come quite soon, as you can see here several who consider themselves conservative are already on board with the “evil rich insurance business” meme that will be pushed. They may as well join the Occupy folk and bemoan the Jewish insurance banksters next, they likely will in fact.
We are in agreement. I don’t know where (or if) you and I disagree.
I am totally, now and forever, a big supporter of all private business at all levels, especially the largest employers and tax payers.
However, I don’t feel sorry for any woes the Insurance companies may encounter under Obamacare. Also, I recognize their most important goal... to make a profit. I have no problem with them lobbying especially when our masters are working to impose laws that will greatly affect their business.
I was also a fan of Tyco and Enron making a profit until they were found to be cheating, stealing and committing fraud. I am no fan of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GM, the entire “green energy” industry that is subsidized at taxpayer expense and anything else the government CHOOSES the winners in.
I also agree that we are stuck with government healthcare, likely forever. In the future we may be fighting to “privatize” the healthcare insurance industry. Remember that ugly word. Someday, we will be fighting to privatize the entire healthcare industry. Eventually we might be fighting to privatize the fossil fuel industry, the banking industry and the manufacturing industry.