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12. Myths about Obamacare are many – and wrong

Anthony Orlando
November 15, 2013

The biggest myth of the Obamacare debate goes like this: The failures of Obamacare prove that government can't be trusted to run our health care system. ... And it is wrong on every possible level. First of all, the premise is wrong. Obamacare cannot be a litmus test for government-run health care because Obamacare is not government-run health care. Obamacare creates an online exchange where people can buy private insurance. The government merely sets basic standards that every plan ...

The second problem with this myth is it's too SOON to judge Obamacare. All new software goes through a trial period. Back in 2005, the same thing happened when the Bush administration launched the website for Medicare Part D ...

The FOURTH problem with this myth is that OBAMACARE IS NOT A FAILURE. This week, the government announced that more than 500,000 Americans signed up for health insurance through Obamacare in its first month of operation.

You've probably heard that 106,185 people have signed up for health insurance through the new online exchange, but even more impressive is the 396,261 people who got their insurance through Medicaid or CHIP. In all the hubbub about HealthCare.gov, we seem to HAVE FORGOTTEN the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, and the media hasn't bothered to remind us because ... well, it's going so SMOOTHLY.

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