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White House Has Known Obamacare Implementation Would Collapse For Months

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UPDATED: Thursday, July 11, 2013 18:07
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:16 AM

Four weeks ago, President Obama delivered a speech in San Jose, California touting the supposed benefits of his signature healthcare law. For 85 percent of Americans, he claimed, the only change they'll experience is superior coverage. For virtually everyone else, there will be competitive exchanges in place starting next year, from which they'll be able to select affordable coverage. And if some people still aren't able to pay those new, lower rates, the government would step in with subsidies to make up the difference. Needless to say, his promises were deeply misleading at the time: Premiums were already heading north for millions of Americans, and many of those exchanges were already well behind schedule -- to say nothing of layoffs, reduced hours, or targeted dumping. What we now know that even as the president laid out this sunny vision in San Jose, he was already well aware that key pieces of his law would not be ready by the legally-required implementation date, throwing several wrenches into the seamless operation he was describing for public consumption. Here's whathe left out of his prepared remarks on June 7:

If you've been reading all the Obamacare stories lately, you might get the impression that the administration has just realized it will not be able to implement the massive health reform as designed. It has known for months. As far back as March, a top IT official at the Department of Health and Human Services said the department's current ambition for the law's new online insurance marketplaces was that they not be "a Third-World experience." Several provisions had already been abandoned in an effort to simplify the administration's task and maximize the chances that the new systems would be ready to go live in October, when customers are supposed to start signing up for insurance. In April, several consultants focusing on the new online marketplaces, known as exchanges, told National Journal that the idealized, seamless user experience initially envisioned under the Affordable Care Act was no longer possible, as the administration axed non-essential provisions that were too complex to implement in time. That focus has intensified lately, as officials announced that they would not be requiring employers to cover their workers next year or states to verify residents' incomes before signing them up for insurance. "There's been a focusing in not on: 'What is the full ACA vision?' but: 'What are the pieces we have to get running by October 1?" said Cindy Gillespie, senior managing director at McKenna Long and Aldridge, who is working with states and health plans.

Guess what? We've known for months, too, even as administration denied it until they were blue in the face. "Eighty-five percent" of Americans don't believe everything will stay the same or improve under the new law, nor should they. The law is crashing under its own weight, which may explain why a sizable majority of the public would prefer to turn back the clock on Obamacare. Remember, Democrats will have had four years to get their law ready for prime time, and will have failed. But by all means, let's entrust them with new, sweeping legislative designs. Check out the quote in bold above. Evidently, those must-have pieces include neither the promised exchange for small businesses, nor the promised requirement that medium and large-sized employers offer "affordable" (a relative term) plans to their workers. The White House has also revealed as non-essential the basic requirement that functioning exchanges must include active anti-fraud measures to prevent ineligible people from receiving undue and expensive subsidies. The National Journal piece forecasts more unannounced glitches, delays, waivers and changes. That easy prediction is already being proven right; indeed, a few more emerged just today.

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The gutless pukes announce on the eve of the July 4th weekend their plan to delay the employer mandate until 2015, after the 2014 midterms. I guess they figured that no one would notice their illegal selective enforcement of the law. When they ultimately cave on the individual mandate, the Pelosi-pile of shit will be finished once and for all.

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Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:17 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

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The gutless pukes announce on the eve of the July 4th weekend their plan to delay the employer mandate until 2015, after the 2014 midterms. I guess they figured that no one would notice their illegal selective enforcement of the law. When they ultimately cave on the individual mandate, the Pelosi-pile of shit will be finished once and for all.

I disagree. They let the corporations off. They're gonna let the individual mandate stand.

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Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:46 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Why let the employers "off" ? If this is such a GREAT bill?

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:07 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Not going to bother reading the bullshit I'm sure Jong spewed, just wanted to say there's no "collapse", it's just been postponed. Should I start hollering "liar" and get all head up like Rap? Nah, not worth the effort.

Maybe if the Republicans wanted to offer ANYTHING to deal with the disaster that is health care in this country, I'd pay some attention. But they just want the insurance companies to keep ripping us off and continuing with their (very real) death panels, so they have nothing to say worth listening to about the issue.

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