Healthcare and the Obama Legacy

[PoliticalChic]

. It's a never-ending roll call of gaffes, lies, bad judgment, and ideological intransigence.

What is?

The Obama Legacy.
Huge lists of failures in the economic realm, matched and surpassed in foreign policy.
Fact is, the only individuals more mired in blundership, to coin a term, are Obama voters.




2. But, for the moment, let's focus on healthcare.

ObamaCare was, from the start, a solution seeking a problem.

a. Poll after poll found huge majorities more than satisfied with their healthcare insurance prior to the big push by Liberals/Democrats.

That's a fact.


b. As far back as 1986, the greatest President of the last hundred years provided healthcare for every single individual in the US.....legal or otherwise.

That's a fact.


And....we on the Right advised you, warned you, lectured you on the pitfalls that would follow.

But you refuse to see the reality, and voted Democrat, and drank at the trough of socialized medicine.

And that's a fact.



3. In fact...you Democrat voters are so history-challenged that you didn't know that nationalized health care was one of the first programs enacted by the Bolsheviks after they seized power in 1917 (Banks, insurance companies and means of communications were also taken over by Soviet authorities immediately.)
Dziewanowski, "A History of Soviet Russia," p. 107.


a. "Not surprisingly, those in the political elite did not want to be treated in the medical system provided for “the people.” One of the greatest myths about the Soviet Union was its supposed equality for all. No society was so divided into privileged groups and classes as was Soviet society." Socialized Health Care: The Communist Dream and the Soviet Reality |



4. Now a little reminder, just to rub it in:

"Even for folks who are weathering this economic storm, and have health care right now," President Obama said at this month's White House health care summit, "all it takes is one stroke of bad luck -- an accident or an illness, a divorce, a lost job -- to become one of the nearly 46 million uninsured…" The Myth of the 46 Million | The American Spectator



5. This was the sort of thing you Obama sheeple bought like it was a 'going-out-of-business' sale:

"46 Million Uninsured: A Look Behind The Number President Obama and fellow Democrats are throwing around a big number in the health care debate — the number of people living in this country without health insurance.

"We are not a nation that accepts nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children," President Obama told doctors in a speech before the American Medical Association in Chicago in June. " 46 Million Uninsured: A Look Behind The Number



I can remember all of you nodding wildly, muttering "duh...yup...yup....dat's it!"

 

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6. You know how I hate to rub it in....but you deserve this:

"ObamaCare architect: 'Stupidity' of voters helped bill pass
An architect of the federal healthcare law said last year that a "lack of transparency" and the "stupidity of the American voter" helped Congress approve ObamaCare.

In a clip unearthed Sunday, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Jonathan Gruber appears on a panel and discusses how the reform earned enough votes to pass." http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/223578-obamacare-architect-lack-of-transparency-helped-law-pass


Now....go ahead, every simpleton who believed Obama....go look in the mirror....and slap yourself in the face!!

Do it!

You've earned it.




7. Now....let's add this to the other lies you bought like they were on sale:

"If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor."

"If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it."

"Nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have."

"...your premiums will go down."

“...no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions.”

"...won’t add “one dime” to the federal deficit. "



".... nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children," President Obama told doctors...."





Those "46 million" must be chafing at the bit to get some of that ObamaCare, huh?

 

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8. Now....about those "46 million Americans" just dying to enroll in the scam....



"In 2014, after accounting for attrition after the end of the first open-enrollment period (March 31, 2014), 6.7 million individuals had enrolled by December 31. In 2015, 2.6 million additional individuals enrolled (and remained on their plans), raising the total to 9.3 million people enrolled on December 31. If similar trends hold, total enrollment on the ACA exchanges will hit 10 million on December 31, 2016.

Overall, ACA-exchange enrollment has been lower than expected; in 2016, the gap between actual and forecasted enrollment is likely to widen further. For instance, in 2014, the ACA exchanges’ first year, enrollment (6.7 million) exceeded the CBO’s February 2014 forecast (6 million). But in 2015, total enrollment (9.3 million) lagged behind the CBO’s March 2015 forecast (11 million). And if current trends hold, total enrollment in 2016 (about 10 million) will be dramatically less than the CBO’s March 2015 forecast (21 million)." Why Obamacare Is Failing at "Universal Coverage" | Yevgeniy Feyman



Seems like a similar pattern in all of Obama's promises....

....including himself.

 

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Hotcakes!!!

.....snapping up those ObamaCare insurance policies like hotcakes!


....almost.....



9. CBO Slashes 2016 Obamacare Exchange Enrollment Projections By 8 Million
.... the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its annual ten-year Budget and Economic Outlook. The document contains the CBO’s updated estimates for economic growth, employment, and the nation’s fiscal health. The most notable change was to enrollment in Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. The CBO, bowing to reality, slashed their 2016 estimates of exchange enrollment from 21 million to 13 million. Furthermore, the CBO implied that it expects exchange enrollment to peak at 16 million: a far cry from the 24 million it predicted last March. CBO Slashes 2016 Obamacare Exchange Enrollment Projections By 8 Million

10. "....part of the problem seems to be that people who sign up for coverage at the beginning of the year don’t always follow through to keep their coverage effective at the end of the year. It’s a problem that seems to be larger than the administration knew. attrition is turning out to be even larger than expected. And while it’s not entirely clear why, there are certainly some good indicators.

As the administration noted in its press release last week, coverage for a half a million people was terminated in 2015 because of what the administration is describing as “data matching issues”—essentially, their citizenship, immigration, or other personal info didn’t match up with federal records. They couldn’t prove they actually qualified for coverage under the law.

There are also a lot of people who appear to be signing up but never paying for coverage at all. Brian Blasé of the Mercatus Center suggests that this accounts for about half of the decline. Blase also points to a New York Times report from late last year suggesting that many people don’t find their coverage all that valuable once they try to use it."
Obamacare’s Weak Enrollment Numbers




But....but............46 million needed ObamaCare......

Or did they.

 

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11. "In reality, enrollment growth on the ACA exchanges has fallen far short of projections because uninsured middle-income Americans have largely decided that — despite the availability of subsidies and the penalty for not purchasing insurance — the insurance on offer is too expensive." Why Obamacare Is Failing at "Universal Coverage" | Yevgeniy Feyman




12. Oh....and by the way, Obama, and you, his voters, cost the nation a bundle:

"Trainwreck: Billions Have Been Wasted On Failed Obamacare Exchanges The last remaining Obamacare exchanges are on the brink of collapse, and billions have been wasted on the ones that did fail. " Trainwreck: Billions Have Been Wasted On Failed Obamacare Exchanges



Just as there is a three-time loser law that commits career criminals to prison for life....do you begin to see why Liberals should never be allowed in any position of power in this nation.....or to vote for any such positions.


For your own good.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

There are also a lot of people who appear to be signing up but never paying for coverage at all. Brian Blasé of the Mercatus Center suggests that this accounts for about half of the decline. Blase also points to a New York Times report from late last year suggesting that many people don’t find their coverage all that valuable once they try to use it."

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^That^

 

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"Obamacare’s 14th Co-Op Is Closing Its Doors, and at Least 2 More Could Close Soon
Another Obamacare co-op, Connecticut’s HealthyCT, is closing its doors, and at least two most could follow suit as the nonprofit insurers decide whether they will be able to remain on firm financial footing.

The nine remaining co-ops of the original 23 co-ops must make payments totaling at least $130 million through Obamacare’s risk adjustment program, which could damage their viability.

...despite the $1.5 billion in loans the 14 collapsed co-ops collectively received."
Obamacare’s 14th Co-Op Is Closing. More Could Follow.




And herein we see the mirror image of the Obama presidency.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

"Obamacare’s 14th Co-Op Is Closing Its Doors, and at Least 2 More Could Close Soon
Another Obamacare co-op, Connecticut’s HealthyCT, is closing its doors, and at least two most could follow suit as the nonprofit insurers decide whether they will be able to remain on firm financial footing.

The nine remaining co-ops of the original 23 co-ops must make payments totaling at least $130 million through Obamacare’s risk adjustment program, which could damage their viability.

...despite the $1.5 billion in loans the 14 collapsed co-ops collectively received."
Obamacare’s 14th Co-Op Is Closing. More Could Follow.




And herein we see the mirror image of the Obama presidency.

But it's only 1.5 Billion.