Posted on 08/15/2013 12:43:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
On Thursday, CNN senior reporter John King said that the Obama Administration’s most recent delay of a key Obamacare provision that was supposed to limit consumers’ out-of-pocket expenses on deductibles and co-pays could prove seismic come the 2014 midterm elections.
“This one particularly though could have a huge political impact,” said CNN reporter John King. “Because as you mention, hidden in bureaucratic language, the end result is that when these changes kick in, the Administration promised for most Americans your costs would go down. Now it is saying, at least in the short term, your costs could be higher than you anticipated.”
In 2009, President Barack Obama promised voters that his Obamacare healthcare scheme would lower costs to consumers.
“We will place a limit on how much you can be charged for out-of-pocket expenses, because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they get sick,” said Obama.
But a little-noticed ruling slipped into the Labor Department’s website said the cost caps would be delayed until 2015--a date that critics say is designed to protect vulnerable Democrats from angry voters in the 2014 midterm elections.
Analysts say the consumer cost caps on out-of-pocket expenses will necessarily mean skyrocketing healthcare costs for Americans, as high costs for sicker citizens are shifted to healthier Americans who pay less for health insurance.
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You're right - Obama is bulletproof since he does not have to stand for election.
HOWEVER, it is the DEM members of the House and the Senate who are up that will face the wrath of the voters ...
Obama' comeuppence will be when history is written 20 years from now. Aside from being accoladed as being the first African-American President, he will be remembered as a failed Preident - couldn't turn the economy around, Obamacare being a bust, Benghazi, NSA/IRS, etc.
He will be ranked in the lowest quartile of Presidents.
no kidding.
No, you are mistaken.
My second post 45 elaborates on this. But the spoof Stop the Republicans has a nice list of propaganda that has always worked against us.
Brainwashing is very simple once you understand what driving mechanisms they use.
For example, we humans inherently root for the underdog thus, republicans (formerly conservatives) are the party of the rich and capitalism is the mechanism to how we achieve our wealth.
It doesn't matter the rich are socialist that use government to acquire or hold onto their wealth. The socialists (propagandist) set up who we are thus we are the party of the rich.
Since we are the party of the rich it is our basic human instinct is to vote for the underdog.
Or name his dog with his initials? What a freekin putz.
Never noticed this - kinda' creepy looking.
Meanwhile, the Democrats in the California legislature are busily expanding the types of medical procedures that can be performed by non-physicians, another shell game to hide the costs of O-care by reducing quality of care.
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