CNN actually published an article placing full blame on
Democrats for the Obamacare regulation that has forced insurance companies to
cancel millions of insurance policies nationwide.
CNN Wrote:
Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to
support the Obamacare rule that is largely responsible for some of the health
insurance cancellation letters that are going out.
In September 2010, Senate Republicans brought a resolution to the floor to block implementation of the grandfather rule, warning that it would result in canceled policies and violate President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their insurance if they liked it.
On a party line vote, Democrats killed the resolution, which could come back to haunt vulnerable Democrats up for re-election this year.
“The District of Columbia is an island surrounded by reality. Only in the District of Columbia could you get away with telling the people if you like what you have you can keep it, and then pass regulations six months later that do just the opposite and figure that people are going to ignore it. But common sense is eventually going to prevail in this town and common sense is going to have to prevail on this piece of legislation as well,” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said at the time.
In September 2010, Senate Republicans brought a resolution to the floor to block implementation of the grandfather rule, warning that it would result in canceled policies and violate President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their insurance if they liked it.
On a party line vote, Democrats killed the resolution, which could come back to haunt vulnerable Democrats up for re-election this year.
“The District of Columbia is an island surrounded by reality. Only in the District of Columbia could you get away with telling the people if you like what you have you can keep it, and then pass regulations six months later that do just the opposite and figure that people are going to ignore it. But common sense is eventually going to prevail in this town and common sense is going to have to prevail on this piece of legislation as well,” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said at the time.
Ok – so I followed the ACA (a.k.a. ObamaCare) since before it was passed; as the law
was being debated, argued amended etc. Having worked in Finance – having colleagues
and clients who are Healthcare Finance & Service professionals – over and
over again – I looked for any components of the law that were going to actually
drive down costs of premiums, deductibles; or the costs of delivering care,
etc. From the deliberations, to the parliamentary
tricks, to the media hype gamesmanship, to the straight party line vote where
not one Republican was in support – AND – ultimately the fact that the Obama
Administration had not reached out to any of the Medical Provider, Insurance
Industry or Healthcare Finance Experts to receive input on crafting a national
healthcare policy…. (please see Was Obamacare Really Developed by the Best and the Brightest?) - I have been convinced since this law was passed - that were are totally screwed.
Remember my previous posts where I have been sharing about the
evils of Obamacare? I even shared how the Obama Administration held secret
meetings with the Pharmaceutical industry – but chose to demonize the insurance
industry because they would not give into his Chicago-Style Political
Thug-Ocracy. All the while promising that all the negotiations/deliberations would be broadcast on C-SPAN – see Obamacare’s
Devilish Details - REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION THAT WAS COMPLICIT IN THE MANIPULATION
TACTICS TO GET OBAMACARE PUSHED THROUGH August 2012
CNN has been pondering what they call “a particularly tough
few days at the White House.” “Four out of five Americans have little or no
trust in their government to do anything right,” says chief political analyst
Gloria Borger. “And now Obama probably feels the same way.”
Our hearts go out
to him, poor wee disillusioned thing. We are assured by the headline writers
that the president was “unaware” of Obamacare’s website defects, and the NSA
spying, and the IRS targeting of his political enemies, and the Justice
Department bugging the Associated Press, and pretty much anything else you ask
him about. But, as he put it, “nobody’s madder than me” at this shadowy rogue
entity called the “Government of the United States” that’s running around
pulling all this stuff.
I am convinced now more than ever - that this is by design. Obama wants to pull the strings and at the same time distance himself from the operational outcomes - what the Presidents men call - "Plausible Deniability".
Gloria Borger and CNN seem inclined to swallow the line that
the president of the United States is not aware that he is president of the
United States: For the media, just a spoonful of bovine manure makes the
Obamacare medicine go down. It remains to be seen whether the American
citizenry will be so genially indulgent.
In order to meet its target of 7 million enrollees by March
1, Obamacare needs to enroll approximately 46,358 Americans per day. So on its
opening day it fell 46,352 short. Were it to maintain that enrollment rate,
Obamacare would reach its target of 7 million enrollees in the year 5209.
At the same time as DOZENS of Obamacare enrollees were being
signed up, MILLIONS of other Americans were having their health insurance
canceled — including so many pundits of left (Kirsten Powers), right (Michelle
Malkin), and center (David Frum) that the Pulitzers should introduce a prize
for Best Suddenly Uninsured Writing. Among their number was Matthew Fleischer,
who wrote in the Los Angeles Times:
Most young, middle-class Americans I know are happy that
millions of previously uninsured people will receive free or heavily subsidized
insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
We just didn’t realize that, unless we had health insurance
at work, we’d be the ones paying for it.
Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch!
I have a really bad feeling
about this – I predict things are going to get much, much worse.
Links &
Sources
Will Obamacare cause
employers to drop health benefits?
The Employer Mandate
ObamaCare's Costs to
the Working Class
How Small Business
Owners Get Health Insurance (Kaiser Family Foundation)
What Obamacare Means
for Small Employers in 2013
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