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Just 18 months ago, a Republican fantasy seemed about to come true. (I love it. Republicans fantasize about failure. But we already knew that.)
The Affordable Care Act was in the midst of a disastrous rollout plagued by dialup-stye technology snafus. President Obama had sabotaged his own health-reform plan by falsely promising that everybody happy with their health plan could keep it. As frozen computer screens and canceled policies generated a tsunami of bad publicity, it seemed plausible that Obamacare might be such a flop that voters would clamor for its repeal when the next presidential election came around.
Now, with the next presidential election underway, nothing of the sort is happening. The problems that marred the rollout of Obamacare have been fixed. The law, meanwhile, is reducing the number of Americans who lack health coverage as intended, as a new report from the Rand Corp. shows. And just as important, many unintended consequences that critics of the law predicted have failed to materialize.
A recent Gallup poll shows a sharp rise in public approval of how the government handles healthcare, from 29% in 2013 to 43% today. By the time the 2016 election arrives, Obamacare bashers may have an even tougher time making the case against the law.
“Socalized medicine” hasn’t materialized.
Obamacare hasn’t killed jobs.
The law has helped the uninsured.
There aren’t that many people negatively affected by the law.
Employers shrug off Obamacare robbing Republicans of a campaign issue - Yahoo Finance
There are problems with the law. That's always the case when enacting a massive piece of new legislation. But Republicans are running on "let him die", not "fix the issues". Democrats are going to slap Republicans on this issue up, down, front, back and both ways sideways.
The Affordable Care Act was in the midst of a disastrous rollout plagued by dialup-stye technology snafus. President Obama had sabotaged his own health-reform plan by falsely promising that everybody happy with their health plan could keep it. As frozen computer screens and canceled policies generated a tsunami of bad publicity, it seemed plausible that Obamacare might be such a flop that voters would clamor for its repeal when the next presidential election came around.
Now, with the next presidential election underway, nothing of the sort is happening. The problems that marred the rollout of Obamacare have been fixed. The law, meanwhile, is reducing the number of Americans who lack health coverage as intended, as a new report from the Rand Corp. shows. And just as important, many unintended consequences that critics of the law predicted have failed to materialize.
A recent Gallup poll shows a sharp rise in public approval of how the government handles healthcare, from 29% in 2013 to 43% today. By the time the 2016 election arrives, Obamacare bashers may have an even tougher time making the case against the law.
“Socalized medicine” hasn’t materialized.
Obamacare hasn’t killed jobs.
The law has helped the uninsured.
There aren’t that many people negatively affected by the law.
Employers shrug off Obamacare robbing Republicans of a campaign issue - Yahoo Finance
There are problems with the law. That's always the case when enacting a massive piece of new legislation. But Republicans are running on "let him die", not "fix the issues". Democrats are going to slap Republicans on this issue up, down, front, back and both ways sideways.
) WHERE the votes are cast and for what office also matter. Obama won the last election by almost exactly 1 million votes--a squeeker. To do that he had to "lose", or have his peons "lose", 250,000 ballots from soldiers and Marines stationed overseas...things were even tighter, you see we're down to 750,000.
