Obamacare is Succeeding and Republicans Have No Idea How to React Posted on April 17, 2014 by Joshua Schwitzerlett •
The Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare”, is succeeding. Over 7 million people have signed up for insurance under the plan and it is projected and many millions more will see improved health care coverage as a result. But the right is refusing to recognize the success, even refusing to admit that it could possibly become a success.
Obamacare is working and the GOP is only showing how out of touch it is with reality by ignoring that fact.It’s even hurting their ability to legislate in other ways.
When Katherine Sebelius announced her resignation, Republicans jumped at the opportunity to say this was a sign of the overall plan’s failure. Instead of adhering to the general consensus that Sebelius’s resignation was a sign that Obamacare was ready to stand on its own, the GOP created an alternate reality for itself.
The dysfunction of healthcare.gov did cast a serious shadow over the Affordable Care Act’s opening days, but those technical problems, once resolved, cannot continue to be held up as the cornerstone that supports the Right’s position. Obama does not, for better or worse, support getting rid of people in the heat of battle and chose to have Sebelius oversee the repair of healthcare.gov. Now that it works, she is free to resign. Her resignation is a sign of victory, not defeat, for the administration.
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Obamacare is projected to cost $104 billion less than was originally thought.Republicans can’t admit or even work effectively to legislate regarding Obamacare. Their obstinate refusal and dedication to its demise is hurting their constituents.
According to a new poll from Gallup, the uninsured rate in states that have expanded medicaid programs and established healthcare exchanges, as prescribed by Obamacare, is dropping three times faster than in states that have refused to do so.It’s time that the GOP come back to reality and start doing what’s best for their constituents.