Obamacare Is Killing the GOP

[Rinata]

If you want to appreciate how truly incorrigible conservatives are on the subject of Obamacare, I recommend watching them grapple with the early news about Obamacare implementation, which has suggested the program could work better than anticipated. It’s a bit like watching a speculator learn he’s bet his life savings on a failing company—which is to say, chock full of denial and elaborate self-delusion.

For example, in late May, when the head of California’s insurance exchange announced that insurers were submitting cheaper bids than the state expected (and cheaper than many critics predicted), the conservative columnist Avik Roy tried to disprove the claims by visiting an online clearinghouse for private insurance plans. Roy solicited bids for a healthy 25-year-old male and a healthy 40-year old male, then pointed out that they came in far below what coverage would cost through the Obamacare exchange. All fine and good, except that Roy’s hypothetical bids were neither here nor there. The point of Obamacare is to provide affordable insurance to people who may be sick or older.

Alas, the fact that Roy basically affirmed the rationale for a program he set out to discredit—healthy, affluent young people are the one group that will do worse under Obamacare; everyone else will do better; no one has ever disputed this—didn’t stop every conservative outlet on the Internet from trumpeting his analysis. “Obamacare drives up insurance premiums by up to 146 percent in California,” screamed The Daily Caller. Even after a succession of wonks highlighted the glaring flaws, the editorialists at The Wall Street Journal leaned on Roy to declare an “ObamaCare Bait and Switch.”

The desperation here is palpable, but also understandable. If, instead of trying to fix your party’s deepest pathologies you wagered its entire future on a high-risk strategy that was starting to turn bad, you’d be a little desperate, too. Perhaps it’s a subset of Obama Derangement Syndrome that afflicts conservatives when they talk about health care—call it Obamacare Derangement Syndrome. Maybe one day, once the dust has settled, it’ll be covered under Obamacare, too.

I just love Noam Scheiber!!!

GOP Obamacare Strategy Is Dooming the Republican Party | New Republic

 

[TemplarKormac]

This thread is killing brain cells. Obamacare is killing the medical industry.

 

[deltex1]

if you want to appreciate how truly incorrigible conservatives are on the subject of obamacare, i recommend watching them grapple with the early news about obamacare implementation, which has suggested the program could work better than anticipated. It’s a bit like watching a speculator learn he’s bet his life savings on a failing company—which is to say, chock full of denial and elaborate self-delusion.

For example, in late may, when the head of california’s insurance exchange announced that insurers were submitting cheaper bids than the state expected (and cheaper than many critics predicted), the conservative columnist avik roy tried to disprove the claims by visiting an online clearinghouse for private insurance plans. Roy solicited bids for a healthy 25-year-old male and a healthy 40-year old male, then pointed out that they came in far below what coverage would cost through the obamacare exchange. All fine and good, except that roy’s hypothetical bids were neither here nor there. The point of obamacare is to provide affordable insurance to people who may be sick or older.

Alas, the fact that roy basically affirmed the rationale for a program he set out to discredit—healthy, affluent young people are the one group that will do worse under obamacare; everyone else will do better; no one has ever disputed this—didn’t stop every conservative outlet on the internet from trumpeting his analysis. “obamacare drives up insurance premiums by up to 146 percent in california,” screamed the daily caller. Even after a succession of wonks highlighted the glaring flaws, the editorialists at the wall street journal leaned on roy to declare an “obamacare bait and switch.”

the desperation here is palpable, but also understandable. If, instead of trying to fix your party’s deepest pathologies you wagered its entire future on a high-risk strategy that was starting to turn bad, you’d be a little desperate, too. Perhaps it’s a subset of obama derangement syndrome that afflicts conservatives when they talk about health care—call it obamacare derangement syndrome. Maybe one day, once the dust has settled, it’ll be covered under obamacare, too.

I just love noam scheiber!!!

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[tinydancer]

sure it's bad news for Republicans; yeah, yeah that's the ticket...

More Bad Obamacare News

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
June 10, 2013 6:14 pm

Forbes reports that Ohio is the latest state to announce a market-increase in healthcare premiums as a consequence of Obamacare.

According to an Ohio Department of Insurance press release, the average Ohioan currently pays $223 per month, but can expect premiums to surge to $420 with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

A recent poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal showed that 49 percent of Americans believe the Affordable Care Act is a bad idea.

More Bad Obamacare News | Washington Free Beacon

 

[tinydancer]

It's bad news for American citizens who work for a living.

Starting in 2014, businesses with 50 or more workers will be responsible for providing full-time employees with health coverage or pay a $2,000 penalty per employee.

Section 4980H was added to the Affordable Care Act to redefine a full-time employee from 40 to 30 hours a week, forcing businesses to restructure the employment status of part-time workers.

To comply with the standards, businesses are being forced to reduce hours worked by employees or to prepare for significant increases in healthcare budgets.

Here you have it. Workers penalized.

Fox News reported in April that Regal Theaters restricted non-salary employee hours across 500 theater locations in 38 states in order to avoid the extra costs imposed by the health care law.

“To comply with the Affordable Care Act, Regal had to increase our health care budget to cover those newly deemed eligible based on the law’s definition of a full-time employee.

To manage this budget, all other employees will be scheduled in accord with business needs and in a manner that will not negatively impact our health care budget,” Regal Entertainment Group wrote in a memo to theater managers.

More Bad Obamacare News | Washington Free Beacon

 

[blackhawk]

A liberal publication say's Obamacare is good and works in equally breaking news the sun will set tonight.