[Jim Noble]

It was never possible to repeal Obamacare, for reasons which I will explain:

Obamacare won’t be repealed, because it can’t be repealed - or, more exactly, it can’t be repealed without ushering in huge Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate.

Members of Congress don’t know much, but they can count votes like a pimp in a whorehouse can count money.

Yes, the voters “hate Obamacare and want it repealed”. That is absolutely true.

It’s also true that they want the ability to buy insurance for pre-existing conditions, want insurance companies to be forbidden to cancel policies for non-payment, want zero payment at the point of service, want their adult children who are smoking dope in a dive in Oakland to stay covered, want their States to expand Medicaid without taxes going up, and so on.

In other words, the only two things they hate about Obamacare are paying for it, and the name.

Republicans in Congress understand this perfectly well, which is why they never made a serious effort to end anything about it, other than agreeing to pay for it with debt instead of revenue.

And, not coincidentally, Obamacare (and Romneycare) were the culmination of fifty years of “reform”, all of which had the purpose of destroying the private sector or making it impossible for the private sector to function, except for boob jobs and a few other things. And, by 2009, the mission was largely accomplished.

Obamacare was merely a temporary mop-up operation, until full nationalization was possible.

And now, it is.

[9YearLurker]

Balderdash.

Pre-existing conditions are covered anyway if you’ve kept yourself covered—or if you drop to Medicaid status.

I see no reason why the American taxpayer should subsidize your welfare needs, like it does for the indigent, without having equal asset spend-down requirements for all. And again, Medicaid already covers pre-existing conditions.

And you generalize about voters in the majority in ways that simply aren’t true.

[a little elbow grease]

Thank you for the excellent, concise summation.

[Political Junkie Too]

In other words, the only two things they hate about Obamacare are paying for it, and the name.

Obamacare killed the 40 hour work week. Ask these same people if they like working two or three 29 hour/week jobs to make up for the one 45 hour/week job they used to have, and see what they say.

-PJ