An odd measure of “success”.
People have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. To be sure, it is not a long wait, and the system will begin to fail under its own inconsistencies, perhaps as quickly as early in 2016. The millions who will then be assessed a penalty for NOT having coverage, and by which the assessed fines shall be collected (taken out of income tax refund payments), will constitute a whole new segment that finally has the realities of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010” driven home in a most painful way.
Karma is a beotch. And absolutely unforgiving.
“...taken out of income tax refund payments...”
I wonder if that will even motivate people against obamacare? My BIL acts like it is free money when he tells my wife how much of a refund he is getting. And then he rushes out and buys something stupid.
Of course - I think a lot of retailers count on that effect for some of their spring sales events.