A wise Congress would be asking this question

Heck, Ed, a wise Congress would repeal the law as unconstitutional, then eliminate all restrictions on coverage at the federal level, as well as removing the employer-funded-insurance incentive so we could all get our own dang coverage. Yeah, I don’t see that happening, either.

Direct election of Senators really did a number on this country….

ChrisL on December 18, 2012 at 2:06 PM

Ratification of the 17th was the day we stopped being a republic and started being a democracy. Democracies last until the people learn they can vote themselves gifts from the treasury. What’s a better gift than free health care?

Because they’re racist?

forest on December 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM

Damn it, too slow!

Why did Sebelius grant over 1000 waivers, too?

Wethal on December 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM

Any low-information idiot who blathers on with praise for Obamacare should be smacked over the head with this question swiftly and repeatedly.

Why should states play along? Setting up an exchange only means that states will have to spend the money to run them — which will cost tens of millions of dollars they don’t have — and then suffer the blame when things inevitably go horribly wrong.

The ultimate goal of Obamacare was for it to go horribly wrong. But Obama has been greatly undercut in his concurrent objective of blaming state governments for the failures, so he’s trying like hell to force states to go along. It isn’t panning out well for him, so far. He does still get to demagogue doctors and insurers – he’ll always have that, unfortunately.

… why aren’t more states going for it?

Because they’re racist?

A wise Congress

It would be nice if the United States had that.

Instead, we have a Ship Of Fools.