Happy Wednesday folks,
Even though President Obama and his liberal allies have tried to muster support for their problematic healthcare law, the Associated Press recently warned that, “troubles are far from over for President Barack Obama’s signature legislation.”
For example, a Treasury Department watchdog said that the “government subsidies to help Americans buy insurance under the health care overhaul may be vulnerable to fraud.” The subsidies, which are handled by none other than the IRS, come “in the form of tax credits, and that’s where the trouble arises.”
The President desperately tried to generate positive vibes about the website, but there’s only one little problem: it’s not even finished! According to Politico’s David Nather, “for health insurers across the country, the new HealthCare.gov isn’t even close to a success — and won’t be until the Obama administration finishes the critical parts that aren’t even built yet.” Strange how he didn’t really address that in his rally yesterday…
The problems with Obamacare have grown so large that there is even “mounting pressure from Democrats and close allies to hold senior-level people accountable for the botched rollout of President Obama’s signature domestic achievement and to determine who should be fired,” according to Michael D. Shear of The New York Times
While, “Close aides said that Mr. Obama was unlikely to give in to the demands for a public flogging,” President Obama should recognize that his healthcare law is flogging the pocketbooks of millions of Americans.
He cynically dismissed the law’s “opponents” as people just trying to get in his way, but more than 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the law. This isn’t about him. It’s about middle-class families seeing their costs rise, their coverage dropped, and access to their doctors denied.
Seize the day.