Friday, September 6, 2013

Syria distracts from Obamacare...and Dems don't mind

Shocker...Levin and a couple of House Republicans, along with others, have already said as much. But you can always count on these consultant class insiders to confirm it...
WashingtonExaminer: White House plans for a health care messaging blitz ahead of Obamacare’s rollout have been overshadowed by the president’s call to strike Syria, distracting the administration from its plan to focus attention on a litany of domestic issues.

Obamacare was supposed to get its time in the limelight over these next few weeks, ahead of October’s open enrollment launch for the healthcare law’s insurance exchanges.

Some Democrats, however, downplayed the lack of attention on the health law.

“Politically speaking, it’s not the worst thing,” a veteran Democratic strategist, given anonymity to speak candidly about Obamacare, said. “Recently, the focus on health care has done more harm than good. I’m highly skeptical that a new PR blitz, even from the likes of President Clinton, will do much."
So...while Washington's kept the nation distracted with Syria, let's review some of the headlines of the week concerning Obamacare...

White House in talks to ‘fix’ Obamacare for unions
Citing Obamacare, 40,000 Longshoremen quit the AFL-CIO
Report: Health Care Premiums to Increase Up to 125% in Wisconsin Due to Obamacare
Conservative group says McConnell doing "nothing" to stop Obamacare
Obamacare exchanges aren't the only game in town
Early big winners of ObamaCare: investors, lawyers, consultants, tech experts
Study: NM will see highest premium increase under ObamaCare

And last, but certainly not least, the lib media is touting a brand new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation that professes to be very good news for Obamacare. I keep seeing Fig.3 placed upon the pedestal that's supposed to make everyone feel better about the government takeover of health care. Beyond the talk of subsidies (that you know who will be paying for), it doesn't take but a glance to see what's wrong with this picture of American living: a 40 year-old scraping by on $28,725 a year! Is that the acceptable new norm under Obama's Democratic statism? It's one that I and most Americans refuse to accept.

#DefundObamacareNow!

H/t: WeaselZippers for that awesome pic!