Obamacare is a train wreck, and Democrats in the Senate are about to be in the middle of it.
Remember, the Supreme Court invalidated the part in Obamacare dealing with the coercion of the states, through the withholding of Medicaid funds, to form the state exchanges. Now, thirty-some-odd states have either opted out, or are about to do so.
This means Obama must now set up a federal exchange, and no funds were allocated in the law for this purpose.
Since the exchanges were going to be the mechanism by which subsidies would flow to the poor to help them buy a policy, now the poor, already battered by the payroll tax increase, will scream like stuck pigs if forced to buy insurance.
Something’s got to give, and if you are a Senator up for reelection in 2014, you don’t want to go to your own “townhall”, because you will be skewered if the mandate stays in place. This is another “fiscal cliff” if you’re a Democrat, with no way to blame it on Republicans. Remember, the people who don’t have policies are quite happy without them, this bill is only popular with those who want the pre-existing conditions benefit. Everyone else, statistically, hates it.
This never was a health CARE crisis. Care is being provided, and the cure for a health care problem never was health insurance. The insurance companies are already screaming, because adverse selection was going to avoided only by them receiving premiums from a much larger base. Now this simply will not happen, so even those who can now afford policies, soon won’t be able to.
Perhaps Reid can ignore it this time, but at some point, and the clock is ticking.....the trains shall meet.
Remember, the Supreme Court invalidated the part in Obamacare dealing with the coercion of the states, through the withholding of Medicaid funds, to form the state exchanges. Now, thirty-some-odd states have either opted out, or are about to do so.
This means Obama must now set up a federal exchange, and no funds were allocated in the law for this purpose.
Since the exchanges were going to be the mechanism by which subsidies would flow to the poor to help them buy a policy, now the poor, already battered by the payroll tax increase, will scream like stuck pigs if forced to buy insurance.
Something’s got to give, and if you are a Senator up for reelection in 2014, you don’t want to go to your own “townhall”, because you will be skewered if the mandate stays in place. This is another “fiscal cliff” if you’re a Democrat, with no way to blame it on Republicans. Remember, the people who don’t have policies are quite happy without them, this bill is only popular with those who want the pre-existing conditions benefit. Everyone else, statistically, hates it.
This never was a health CARE crisis. Care is being provided, and the cure for a health care problem never was health insurance. The insurance companies are already screaming, because adverse selection was going to avoided only by them receiving premiums from a much larger base. Now this simply will not happen, so even those who can now afford policies, soon won’t be able to.
Perhaps Reid can ignore it this time, but at some point, and the clock is ticking.....the trains shall meet.
Excellent Reality Check post. Thanks!