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In reply to the discussion: I strongly support President Obama [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)It's been years since the law passed.
Problem is that there is a lack of support among employers for the law.
We needed single payer. I was pleased that we got something although not single payer. At the time those who really wanted single payer were told they couldn't get their "pony," that they should settle for less. Those who said only single payer would work were ridiculed.
I supported Obama's bill. Now I regret that I supported it because I see that it is impossibly flawed. Obama''s bill relies on cooperation and support from employers for providing health care for their employees. Employers are not on board, and they are stopping the implementation of the bill.
Obama's health care bill was a nice thought, but he is not tough enough to enforce it.
Nor is he tough enough to stand up to the Republicans and get Democratic appointments passed through Congress.
I am very disappointed.
If he can't get his health care bill implemented after all these years, neither he nor any of his sycophantic fans should brag about that bill.
At this point, the most important part of the bill appears to be a huge hoax.
And then, Obama is investing money in a massive surveillance machinery and a bureaucracy to operate it while suggesting the chained CPI and cuts to Medicare.
We can afford a huge facility in Utah and thousands of people to perform the nonsensical task of running computers to sift through oceans of junk mail. (You should see our daily offering of junk mail and the spam and junk in my e-mail for example.) But we can't afford health care for our citizens or paying our Social Security debts to seniors who paid into the trust fund.
What is wrong with this picture?
Obama is not doing what he should be doing.