Posted on 07/09/2013 10:40:02 AM PDT by Starman417
A report has the White House "scrambling" to make Obamacare work:
The White House is trying to heal what has been ailing the implementation of ObamaCare.Three months before the most sweeping parts of the law are scheduled to go live, the administration has hired Chris Jennings, a veteran of the Clinton administration, to help lead the massive effort.
Jennings, a widely respected expert who can read the political winds, was a critic of then-Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) healthcare plan in 2008. As the lead healthcare adviser on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Jennings ripped Obama’s healthcare proposal for lacking a mandate for people to buy insurance.
A reminder: Obama was, characteristically, against the personal mandate before he was for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FknJLMc84bo
Now we learn that the White House has known for months that Obamacare implementation was not going to work as advertised:
If you've been reading all the Obamacare stories lately, you might get the impression that the administration has just realized it will not be able to implement the massive health reform as designed.It has known for months.
As far back as March, a top IT official at the Department of Health and Human Services said the department's current ambition for the law's new online insurance marketplaces was that they not be "a Third-World experience." Several provisions had already been abandoned in an effort to simplify the administration's task and maximize the chances that the new systems would be ready to go live in October, when customers are supposed to start signing up for insurance.
In April, several consultants focusing on the new online marketplaces, known as exchanges, told National Journal that the idealized, seamless user experience initially envisioned under the Affordable Care Act was no longer possible, as the administration axed non-essential provisions that were too complex to implement in time. (Read the story for some examples and commentary.) That focus has intensified lately, as officials announced that they would not be requiring employers to cover their workers next year or states to verify residents' incomes before signing them up for insurance.
"There's been a focusing in not on: 'What is the full ACA vision?' but: 'What are the pieces we have to get running by October 1?" said Cindy Gillespie, senior managing director at McKenna Long and Aldridge, who is working with states and health plans.
But then the writer goes right up Obama's rear end:
"To get a sense of what the Obama administration is up against,"
Up against? This is what Obama wanted!
And here is what Obama wanted:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Why not just post it all here?
“works” is subjective.
Obamacare “works” if you understand Obama’s true objectives:
- Maximize the number of people dependent on the gov’t
- Reduce the level and quality of care provided, as there are too many people in the world and too many Americans benefiting from our advanced healthcare.
- Reduce the number of Americans placing demands on Medicare/Medicade and Social Security
- Restrict the number of medical advances approved by the FDA and Patent office for the above reasons.
HG... I’ll give you credit: you ARE consistent.
To your point, I do agree. FloppingAces is not an excerpt-only site. HOWEVER, even I will occasionally excerpt if I’m not sure.
Check this dude’s article history:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:starman417/index?tab=articles
That sure suggests an agenda to me.
Fair enough, you’re right. Like I said, I’m on your side, HG.
BTW, the roman candle videos were hilarious.
No rednecks were harmed in the production of those videos.
You took one right to the face. You got my vote for badass of the 4th on that one.
Nah, not exactly. And I had appropriate safety gear in place.
The continued majority opposition to Obamacare will only increase when its effects become even more known. The one year delay in the employer mandate is illegal and unconstitutional and just shows how desperate the Democrats are to delay the inevitable train wreck until after the 2014 elections. However, I don't think that many voters are being fooled and already many are seeing their health insurance premiums rise, their jobs being reduced to part time and being dropped from employer insurance coverage.
The GOP could have a big win if they get a court to rule Obama cannot delay implementation without an act of Congress. With the feces hitting the fan just before the 2014 elections there could be a GOP sweep in Congress, if the RINO leadership doesn't capitulate first.
Safety gear? Like what? Your System of a Down shirt protect your cheek bone? LOL
What if Obama’s goal is to have the health care system collapse?
He means getting hit in the head didn't endanger any important body parts. ;-)
That was also how I understood it. His head was "appropriate safety gear."
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