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Related: About this forumOBAMACARE: Doomsayer’s prognostications are premature
There are undeniably problems with the rollout part of the Affordable Care Act reforms.
Indeed one part of the system is struggling: the federal insurance exchange web site is groaning under the weight of its popularity.
But there is time to fix it, and officials are working round the clock to do so.
We analyzed the progress this morning in:
New healthcare system flawed but can be fixed
It may be embarrassing to the president, but it is nowhere near the disaster so many are claiming.
Politico reported details of the technical fixes in
Tech surge to repair Obamacare websites
Heres the money quote:
The Obama administration Sunday said its called on the best and brightest tech experts from both government and the private sector to help fix the troubled website at the root of the Obamacare enrollment problems.
In a delicious irony the GOPs ridiculous government shutdown and attempt to overturn the law (which failed) had obscured the problems from public view.
We noted this in
Shutdown, debt-ceiling crises obscure really serious problems.
The president gave a different perspective on Monday. His most important point:
For the vast majority of Americans you dont need to sign up for coverage through a website at all, Obama said. You've already got coverage. What the Affordable Care Act does for you is to provide you with new benefits and protections that have been in place for some time. You may not know it, but you're already benefiting from these provisions in the law.
Thats what the Tea Party does not want anyone to know. They would rather focus on the so-called disaster.
In fact, the problems are a sign of Obamacares success, not its failure. The demand for health insurance has been so great it overwhelmed the system.
There can be no better evidence that the program even if flawed is vitally needed by the American people. They are voting with their keyboards.
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OBAMACARE: Doomsayer’s prognostications are premature (Original Post)
warrenswil
Oct 2013
OP
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)1. It's Obama's (new) Katrina!!!!
Not!
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)2. Comment boards everywhere are filled with RW trolls decrying the "disaster."
But unless and until it actually DOES fail, all that is is wishful thinking... like Romney's chances for being president.