To re-purpose an immortal remark from the late Mayor Daley, it is not the intention of the Administration to create disorder by its repeated tweaks of the PPACA in reaction to political pressure. It is the intention of the Administration to preserve disorder:
The biggest danger is that the Obama administration is encouraging politicians to meddle in the health-care system every time a few vocal constituents get upset about its requirements. Ms. Sebelius’s Thursday announcement was a response to six Democratic senators from competitive states who are concerned about people getting insurance cancellation notices. Not everyone was going to win under health-care reform, and not everyone can if the system is to work. The threat is that, in seeing to the concerns of those who might have to pay more in 2014 or in future years or some other group that feels put upon at some time, politicians will poke so many holes and add so many exceptions that the law is seriously undermined.
No fear. Any law that requires as much attention as the PPACA has to date is self-undermining.
ObamaCare is not going to be allowed to fail no matter what. Not if this dysfunctional president and his team have their way.
Since there are no standards by which to measure success or failure, how can it possibly fail?
C’mon, Dave. Only high school debaters and political hacks rely on the excuse of absolute precision. The real world is one of judgment – almost always and everywhere. I live it every day. Only in mathematics and physics is there absolute precision.
By any reasonable person’s judgment its an absolute bust.
I’m merely pointing out the approach that’s being used by supporters of the PPACA. They’re defending the idea of the PPACA rather than its implementation or effects. The actual effect don’t even seem to matter to them.
They’re defending the idea of the PPACA rather than its implementation or effects. The actual effect don’t even seem to matter to them.
That’s a very good observation.