As Obamacare Takes On Water, The Electorate Wakes Up To Its Horrors

Chicago Tribune ^ | October 31, 2013 | by Grace-Marie Turner

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Obama administration is clearly in full-defense mode over the rolling disaster of ObamaCare, and it is making every effort to deflect criticism to others.

In fact, it is the administration's fault. The health law says you can keep your health insurance policy only if it is "grandfathered" and you have kept the same plan with virtually no changes since March 23, 2010, when ObamaCare was enacted.

These latest White House deflections will not hold. ObamaCare is taking on water, and people now are finding out for themselves why this law is so very wrong for America.

[BunnySlippers]

Since this article is behind a paywall, can you tell me if it is an op-ed?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It was an Op-Ed originally published in Forbes.

[Cyber Liberty]

That it’s an epic fail does not shock me, we on the right have been predicting this since 1993. No, what’s surprising is the fact this story is in the Chicago Trib.

I think the only reason the MSM is starting to pick up on this is because they’ve decided Obastardcare has succeeded in what it was meant to do: Destroy the Insurance options for millions of people, thus increasing the pressure for single-payer.

[EQAndyBuzz]

What we need to be looking at is when will the tipping point be? At that time insurance companies will not be able to return to the previous model and single payer will be the only option.

Obama is trying to run out the clock.

[genghis]

just shocking
i thought the 5 year plan would be wonderful

[BunnySlippers]

I think all of the people at DU are on welfare or public assistance so they are elated.

[Din Maker]

The Congressional Republicans better not offer anything to help except repeal

I'm thinking the same thing, but, I don't have much faith in that bunch of wusses or the leadership of "Cry Baby Boehner". They will fold like a cheap suit.

[Din Maker]

Does anyone with an IQ over 50 actually believe the shovel ready pile of horse blank that the liberals have been shoveling out on this subject????

Yes; Liberal Democrat lemmings who "want" to believe it because they don't give a crap about anything except getting their "entitlements". They know the Truth just like all the Black preachers who, supposedly, believe in the sanctity of life and oppose gay marriage. But, as long as they "get theirs" to heck with morality, fairness, freedom and honesty. But, they're looking out for themselves and their "causes".

[Din Maker]

Just in time to, hopefully, help Ken Cucinnelli pull out a win in the Governor’s race in Virginia.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I am amazed by the amount of full-frontal slamming that Obamacare is taking in the mainstream press. The internal polling has to look really, really bad for Democrats.

[ExSoldier]

You're probably right. I wonder how many of them have PH.D's?

[BunnySlippers]

Thank you.

[fr_freak]

To the best of my knowledge every single aspect of The Affordable Health Care for America Act has been a lie and was passed by legislative sleight of hand.

There was no sleight-of-hand. The Dems, led by Pelosi, looked straight into the cameras and said "F**k you, America, you'll find out what's in it after we pass it and ram it down your throat." And, for some reason, they are all still there.

[Graewoulf]

DERELICTION OF DUTY file for the upcoming Impeachment of the White House resident commonly known as “B. Hussein Obama,” also known as Barry Soetoro, a legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“.....was passed by legislative sleight of hand.”

And lets not forget the bribes, i.e., the Cornhusker Kickback and the Louisiana Purchase, to name a few.

[ctdonath2]

“The Dems, led by Pelosi, looked straight into the cameras and said ‘F**k you, America’”

They even used that profanity as the phone number for the service.

[kabar]

...and single payer will be the only option.

We already have single payer health care for almost 50% of the population. They are called Medicare and Medicaid. Obamacare is just the remaining piece that will eventually make the entire health care system single payer. The Dems have been working on this piecemeal approach ever since 1965.

[surrey]

Hardly, she’s pro-choice and was the Grand Marshall of the LGBT Parade in Arizona. Read up on her current husband.

[ExSoldier]

Is she gay? It would make sense, well as much sense as anything in their goofy world. But she'd have little choice in the world of "Wonder Woman" when it aired than to either embrace her status as sex object or go the other way. Wait, you said she was married to a male. Maybe they're each other's "cover?" I don't want to think about the other possibilities.