Morning Jolt October 25, 2013 So Far under Obamacare, More People Have Lost Insurance than Enrolled Campaign Spot's increasingly regular contributor, IT project management expert Bruce Webster, writes in again:
I know that rule, or a version of it. I'm just used to seeing it attributed to chief engineer Scotty from Star Trek.
Of course, the administration can't do that. They need to heave Hail Mary passes from here on out, and hope the thing suddenly and miraculously starts working like the hyperdrive of the Millennium Falcon at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. Despite Joe Manchin, the administration is holding fast on the deadline to have insurance (as opposed to the open enrollment period, which is different). They've staked everything -- including their stance during the government shutdown -- on the mandate kicking in on March 31, and this whole thing working properly by that date. Also, expect the coming days and weeks to feature a big focus on how many of the 'enrollees' are from expanding Medicaid, as opposed to purchasing insurance.
And here's the devastating statistic you'll see cited until the numbers change: Over 500,000 individuals have seen their insurance policies cancelled in just 3 states. In all 50 states, only 476,000 applications have been "filed" in an exchange. In short, Obamacare has caused more people to lose their health insurance than gain it so far. Petty Little Liars When you lie about the little things, people won't trust you on the bigger things.
It's not that hard to believe that an unnamed House Republican leader might think that, but it's hard to believe they would actually say it. (What's the upside? You might feel good for a moment, but all you would be doing would be ensuring the man who will remain president for the next three years would have a vendetta against you.) This isn't even getting into the notion of respecting the office of the presidency even if you detest the man occupying that office. So . . . it doesn't appear anyone said this. And yet the White House told congressional Democrats this, who then went and told the world. So . . . What Policies Do Republicans Want to Enact, as Opposed to Repeal? Francis Wilkinson of Bloomberg is a former communications consultant for corporations and Democratic campaigns, so it's safe to say he doesn't see the world the way a conservative does. But he's got a point here:
A quick point: It's very tough, pretty much impossible, to move much of your own a positive agenda when you don't control the Senate or presidency. You basically need the ideas to be so popular, neither Harry Reid nor President Obama would dare block them -- and remember, Harry Reid was perfectly fine with holding up NIH funding to help kids with cancer to ensure his partisan leverage. But broadly speaking, Republicans need to say to voters, "support us, and we will do X" instead of "support us, and we will stop/repeal/prevent X." Back to Wilkinson:
Skipping over some paragraphs about how terrible Republicans are…
I'd add, there's no Soviet Union and many fewer Americans live in stable families and have a strong social network or community to help them through rough times than in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In other words, the problems the country faces are really different from 1980, and thus the solutions have to be different. The principles and goals are the same – creating liberty; limiting the power, scope, and cost of government; ensuring strong families and communities -- but we can't use the same playbooks -- unless the Democrats start running Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale again. ADDENDA: Rick Klein: "Sebelius says majority of people asking for her resignation are 'People who I don't work for.' So there's that." Ron Fournier: "I thought she worked for us." To read more, visit www.nationalreview.com
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