Posted on 10/15/2013 4:21:24 AM PDT by grundle
1. So far, the Affordable Care Act's launch has been a failure. Not "troubled." Not "glitchy." A failure. But "so far" only encompasses 14 days. The hard question is whether the launch will still be floundering on day 30, and on day 45.
2. According to Bob Laszlewski, those problems aren't resolved.
3. What didn't the White House know and when didn't they know it?
4. One thing has gone abundantly right for the Affordable Care Act: The Republican Party. Their decision to shut down the government on the exact day the health-care law launched was a miracle for the White House. If Republicans had simply passed a clean-CR on Oct. 1 these last few weeks would've been nothing -- nothing at all -- save for coverage of the health-care law's disaster. Instead the law has been knocked off the front page by coverage of the Republican Party's disaster.
5. This isn't about politics. A lot of liberals will be angry over this post. A lot of conservatives will be happy about it. But it's important to see the Affordable Care Act as something more than a pawn in the political wars: It's a real law that real people are desperately, nervously, urgently trying to access. And so far, the Obama administration has failed them.
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Now if only the libs would figure out it has nothing to do with healthcare and everything to do with government control.
He is wrong about the Republicans being unpopular, that is just what they want to believe
People are poed at the RINOS, because no one is standing up for what the American people (not the ones feeding at the trough) want
He thinks conservatives will be happy about this article? Liberals are sooooo out of touch.
In more ways than can be counted!
The Affordable Care Act has nothing to do with health care - IT IS ABOUT CONTROL!!!!
Oh, horse feathers!
Even in your scenario, the MSM will find some way to blame Republicans.
..Odungo was warned by a rat senator six months ago that the program was not ready...but the petulant little boy king stomped his delicate little foot in a juvenile fit and insisted that it go on line
Again, HORSE FEATHERS !
This is about nothing BUT politics.
If the Republicans had let this roll over them, who would the media blame for the train wreck? Who would voters credit with at least trying to avoid the train wreck?
Now there can't be any question as to how the Republicans stand on the ACA. The inflated insurance bills, increased insurance deductibles, diminishing work hours and shrinking paychecks are only beginning to empty Joe Sixpack's wallet. By the time this hits top speed -- January 15th 2014 or so -- today's gov't shutdown will just be a vague memory.
Democrats in the house & senate...
Are there none who will put country before party?
I keep hoping some will stand up & denounce what is happening to our country.
It demonstrates why the GOP is acting the way they are and that they are right.
The mess that is obamascare is just beginning.
It demonstrates why the GOP is acting the way they are and that they are right.
The mess that is obamascare is just beginning.
Libs like Klein want more government control. They fully understand that Obamacare will lead to more and more gov. control. That is why they are for it.
sure there is...they gather every once in a while with the moderate muslims........
This is incorrect...”real people are desperately, nervously, urgently trying to access”. These idiots are soooo delusional.
“If Republicans had simply passed a clean-CR on Oct. 1 these last few weeks would’ve been nothing — nothing at all — save for coverage of the health-care law’s disaster. Instead the law has been knocked off the front page by coverage of the Republican Party’s disaster”.
No, the press would have done everything in its power to hide the failure of Obamacare. It would have received the same MSM coverage as the Million Vet March and other goings-on this weekend in D.C.
The Republican party did not shut down the government. The House sent appropriations bills to the senate and the senate shut down the government along with you-know-who.
He’s also wrong about the Republicans shutting down the govt.
The House passed the funding bills, the Dems in the Senate sat on them.
lol You beat me to it.
The Liberals were one of the head cheerleaders for obamacare. They wanted it, now they got it. Let them enjoy it.
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