Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKrugman: Those counting on Obamacare collapse are “making a very bad bet”
Krugman: Those counting on Obamacare collapse are making a very bad betThe New York Times columnist weighs in on the healthcare reform's troubled start
ELIAS ISQUITH
Writing at his New York Times blog, Paul Krugman warned that those banking on Obamacare to collapse are probably making a very bad bet.
As proof, Krugman points to the record of state-level healthcare exchanges, which by and large have been performing much better than their federal counterpart. He also cites the rising levels of Medicaid enrollment which is occurring in both states that have and havent accepted the Obamacare expansion and the slow improvement of Healthcare.gov as reasons for optimism. All in all, Krugman says, the law is probably going to stumble through to the finish line.
More from Krugman at the New York Times:
If all this is right, by the time open enrollment ends in March, millions of previously uninsured Americans will in fact have received coverage under the law, and reform will be irreversible. Obama personally may never recover his reputation; Democratic hopes of a wave election in 2014 are probably gone, although you never know. But anyone counting on Obamacare to collapse is probably making a very bad bet.
###
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/20/krugman_those_counting_on_obamacare_collapse_are_making_a_very_bad_bet/
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 1460 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (6)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Krugman: Those counting on Obamacare collapse are “making a very bad bet” (Original Post)
DonViejo
Nov 2013
OP
tblue37
(65,524 posts)1. Dems should do heavy voter outreach among the
newly insured. Get them registered, make sure they have proper IDs in states that require them, and then GOTV in 2014 and 2016!
Tippy
(4,610 posts)2. Got that right...
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)3. Add voter registration links to the healthcare.gov website ... the GOP
would go absolutely insane.
tblue37
(65,524 posts)5. Actually, as a government site, places where people sign up for ACA are automatic "motor voter"
voter registration sites, so that is one reason the Repubs were frantic about the ACA.
yellowcanine
(35,703 posts)4. Poor odds will not faze Republicans. Two words. Mitt Romney.
Lex
(34,108 posts)6. They don't believe in arithmetic. Or science. Or rationality.
So yeah, poor odds don't faze them at all.