ObamaCARE = RomneyCARE = Socialized Medicine
GOPe and DNC BOTH support all of the above. ALL.
Its hard for a politician to turn down such a power grab. Unheard of for a northern leftist politician.
That being said while Obamacare is a large part of the reason for the slow to non-existent recovery the other issue is federal trade policy and most of all the welfare system changes Obama made that encourages people not to work.