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The Patriot Post - Alexander's Column 11-7-2013
From The Federalist Patriot
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O'Care Success? Unfortunately Yes.
Obama's ACA Agenda Moving Forward
By Mark Alexander
Nov. 7, 2013
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” –Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 1 (1787)
Three weeks into the laughably catastrophic failure of Barack Obama’s1 signature ObamaCare2 portal, Healthcare.gov, he proclaimed, “The Affordable Care Act is not just a website. It’s much more.”
This week, in congressional testimony about that failure, Marilyn Tavenner, who’s responsible for overseeing the ACA technology, reiterated, “It’s important to remember that the Affordable Care Act is more than just a website.”
Indeed, it is much more, all of which poses an ominous threat to Essential Liberty3, but for the moment, all eyes are on the cascading failures of ObamaCare.
The Lies and Cancelations:
In a 2009 health care reform speech before a joint session of Congress, Obama said, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” This pathetic narcissist4 won’t admit his own lies and duplicitous deceptions, so we’ll call him out.
On 26 September, five days before the O'Care rollout, he declared, “I want to speak plainly, clearly, honestly, about what [ObamaCare] means for you and for the people you care about. Let’s start with a fact. About 85% of Americans already have health insurance. If you’re one of these folks, it’s reasonable that you might worry that health care reform includes changes that are a problem for you, especially when you’re bombarded with all sorts of fear mongering. So the first thing you need to know is this. If you already have health care you don’t have to do anything.”
Of course, we all now know that his oft-repeated lie – “If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period.” – was a subterfuge to help push ObamaCare through the Democrat-controlled House and Senate.
To date, more than 4.1 million Americans have had their insurance policies cancelled. Worse yet, the Obama administration knew in 2010 that more than 90 million policies5 would be at risk of cancelation.
At present, Obama is fabricating new lies6 in an effort to cover up the old lies7. Of his prevarications, National Journal’s Ron Fournier, a long-time Obama acolyte from the Associated Press, wrote: “It might not seem possible that Obama could do more harm to his credibility … than misleading Americans about health insurance reform. But he can. The president is now misleading the public about his deception.”
Fournier also took note of Obama’s pronoun substitution. In the first round of lies, it was all “I.” But in the lies about lies, he has shifted to “We.”
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) offered his assessment of Obama’s lies: “You know, the president already has a Nobel Prize for peace; I think he’s shooting for one in fiction.” Indeed, if he wins a Pulitzer for fiction, it will be because he actually earned it this time.
The Sticker Shock and Awe:
Obama promised, “We’re gonna lower your premiums by $2,500 per family per year.”
Well, not quite. For the truth about O'Care policy replacement costs, this interactive map8 illustrates how the so-called “Affordable Care Act” will alter health insurance premiums. The latest report concludes that premiums will increase in 41 states, with some increases exceeding 100%.
The Security Breaches:
John McAfee, founder of the world’s largest computer security company, offered this assessment of the scope of the Healthcare.gov failure: “Glitch is a minor annoyance. This is a catastrophic failure, not a glitch. There was no security testing, no quality assurance and no system emigration.” McAfee notes that there are now more than 700 look-alike sites successfully scamming those pour souls who think they’re at Healthcare.gov – giving up lots of personal information. But it’s not just the scammers that folks need to worry about. The information they’ll be providing to the ObamaCare portal itself is at great risk of compromise.
In addition to the current O'Care debacles, I contend that there are very consequential political silver linings9 beyond all the lies, cancelations, price increases and security issues.
The real DemoCare liability is this: From October 1 forward, and with increasing frequency, Americans of every political stripe who have any issue with health care, whether a hangnail or heart transplant, a delay in a doctor’s office or in critical care for a loved one, will tie blame for their discontent like a noose around the necks of Obama and his fellow Democrats, who were and remain solely responsible for forcing this abomination upon the American people.
So what’s the success story for Obama? |
