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Athough the OP's assessment of ACA may be rosey and premature, I can see conservative's consternation as they have so little experience in initiating any major legislation in a generation.
This whole ACA and roll out thing is a newby for GOPers. When was the last major legislation rolled-out by the GOP?
It's entertaining to watch the GOP practically salivate over the issues the website has had under some misguided hope that this spells the end of the ACA.
Here are a few things to remember.
1). Most Americans already have health insurance, so the website is of no relevance to them.
2). Because of the law...an array of new benefits are available even to those that don't need the website.
3). 26 year olds can stay on their parents insurance.
4). 80% of paid premium has to be spent on care.
5). No more denials for pre-existing conditions.
6). Seniors have new discounts for their prescriptions.
7). You can call 800-318-2596 to apply for healthcare
8). You can print off the PDF of the healthcare application and mail it in.
The ACA is moving along JUST fine. Despite your best efforts and conjecture...The administration is still committed to providing coverage for all Americans.
Umm, if no one can sign up, then there's nothing for the "core of the ACA" to apply to. Further, it's irresponsible for anyone, including you, to declare ACA a victory when in fact no one, including you, can determine if the program will actually be solvent. Solvency is the measure for which this program will be evaluated, not the mere fact that it is a law. ACA does not exist in a vacuum. If it becomes top heavy due to more sickly enrollees then healthy enrollees, it will collapse.
Of course, we wouldn't expect the swooner's to acknowledge that, though.
He can't now. 100% of people who have signed up in Oregon are on the new expanded Medicaid rolls. Same for 90% of those signed up in WA.
If he delays the individual mandate now, no one will be paying for all these new freeloaders (for lack of a better word).
The costs will be huge and not offset by healthy people. The whole thing will go into almost an immediate death spiral. And at a huge cost to the taxpayers.
I'm not paid a dime by anyone with exception to my employer. However, I do find it irritating that you mouthbreathers suck down the preverbial froth that spews forth from the stubby end of fox news' appendage.
The healthcare law isn't a website...it is simply a tool. A tool that will be fixed. A tool that is having problems because of it's massive volume of users.
No where except in GOP land is something a failure and "destined to fail" when it is so popular that it's servers can't manage the traffic.
You're pretty clueless aren't you? Judging from this post, and the OP, absolutely.
The attention being paid to the website is grossly out of proportion in the first place. From all the headlines, you would think that every American needs to get on there NOW. The website impacts what do they say, 15% of the people in the country and mostly they are the poor and forgotten every other day of the year. Eventually the vast majority of people will come to the realization that the website issues have nothing to do with them - their employer or Uncle Sugar has their backs for insurance - and it will fade to page 3. It is really the insurance companies that have the most to lose here. Expect them to step up to the plate with alternative ways of recruiting the 15% very shortly.
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