And Also: Not saying the optics of the thing isn't an issue or there is no problem. But, even beyond reminding people what else the law does (it's like dealing with the troubles of DMV and reminding people you get this very useful id, a chance to register to vote and the ability to drive in the bargain), the problems with this specific matter has been overblown. Still, Daily Kos has a reasonable take on the Landrieu bill that on some level seems to be a bad idea and an act of chicken little legislating.
Anyway, the law was "implemented" since 2010. Why don't those implementations count? Now and then, particularly when dealing with the contraceptive mandate (which doesn't just cover that), we are told about other aspects of the law. But, repeatedly, it just is not made clear what exactly is involved here. Blame whomever -- the media, politicians, the Obama Propaganda and Bottle-washing Service. It is just plain insane. While commenting about this issue while waiting for the KC/Denver game, maybe Kevin Drum from Mother Jones' can do a bit of that?
This is almost as annoying as those "shockwave" error messages.
Yep. There's no running away from Obamacare if you're a Democrat. So put all the pressure you want on Obama to get things fixed, but you'd better stick together even if things get tougher than they are now. If you don't hang together, you will surely all hang separately.Kevin Drum, sane liberal. This after some pushback about his earlier piece in which he voiced concern about the "rollout"-- it has been around a month!!!!! -- after noting he wasn't sure what would happen, but then didn't know the result of the upcoming football game either, so why not opine? The continue blather to me is a sort of sky is falling mantra that I find it hard to take seriously -- so there is some sort of problem (aided and abetted by certain states -- dare not make it partisan! -- not joined exchanges) with the website. Fine. It's only a month in. Chill a bit!
"The figure of 40,000 disclosed Monday did not include Medicaid sign-ups. At least 440,000 people have signed up for Medicaid through the health-care initiative, according to Avalere Health, a consulting firm that has been tracking sign-ups. Budget forecasters have projected that in 2014 there will be a much more even balance between private insurance and Medicaid participants."This is one comment to his earlier post that starts to frame things a tad bit differently. Just one of six good signs. Even this discussion, however, is off, in a basic reason that continues to drive me nuts. There is talk of "progress in implementing" the law. First, I still refuse to use the term "Obamacare"-- the law was crafted by Congress and the President left them much discretion to do so. And, it is for the whole country. It is misleading and dubious branding to make something so tied to the leader of one side's political party. Is Social Security "FDR Security"? Is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be named after LBJ? No, it is for everyone, Democrat and Republican. I realize the arguments of some. Don't buy it as a whole.
Anyway, the law was "implemented" since 2010. Why don't those implementations count? Now and then, particularly when dealing with the contraceptive mandate (which doesn't just cover that), we are told about other aspects of the law. But, repeatedly, it just is not made clear what exactly is involved here. Blame whomever -- the media, politicians, the Obama Propaganda and Bottle-washing Service. It is just plain insane. While commenting about this issue while waiting for the KC/Denver game, maybe Kevin Drum from Mother Jones' can do a bit of that?
This is almost as annoying as those "shockwave" error messages.
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It's frustrating on a couple of grounds. One is that what these people want to keep is coverage as it existed before the ACA and under the prior law which allowed the insurer to cancel, change premiums and deductibles and co-pays, as well as apply recission procedures and modify coverages with no recourse at all to insureds.
Another is the fact that when the President was making his "you can keep it" remarks, representatives and senators who passed and negotiated the terms of the law were not protesting or contradicting the President's statements.
Finally, the effects, financially, on insurers and insureds with or without a "fix" are de minimis.
But for the panic of Democrats and the hype of the media, this is a tempest in a teapot.
I wonder how things went when New Deal legislation was applied. FDR, from my understanding, was Mr. Ad Hoc. This horror at executive discretion while applying the law at issue is tiresome. I might think he at times tries to be Mr. Fix-It too much, but unlike some, he still reminds me of a grown-up. I hope the next conservative President is a grown-up too.
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