Obamacare has shattered virtually every major promise its supporters advanced during the public debate of 2009 and 2010. Premiums are still rising (sharply, in many cases), out-of-pocket costs are increasing, access to care is receding, millions have been unable to retain their preferred plans and physicians (with many more cancellation letters to come), the national health spending trajectory is still pointed upward, the enrollment process is still plagued by technical problems, major components of Obamacares less-than-secure website still arent built, nonpartisan experts agree that the law is harming the economy, a supermajority of Americans directly impacted by the law thus far say theyve been hurt by it, and its overall approval rating has languished underwater by double digits for years on end. Working. In Voxland, Obamacare is a success. In the real world, its a mess. But a lot of people who count themselves among the pro-empiricism, pro-science, reality-based community will never know that, because the voices they trust will never tell them.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:43:57 +0000