See, don't discount that this isn't all by design, because it very well is.Forbes: On Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress about the continuing issues with the rollout of Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. “Hold me accountable for the debacle,” said Sebelius. “I’m responsible.” I attended the hearing, and I was struck by the scope, scale, and depth of the health law’s problems, problems that far exceed any one political appointee. But Obamacare’s disruption of the existing health insurance market—a disruption codified in law, and known to the administration—is only just beginning. And it’s far broader than recent media coverage has implied.
If you read the Affordable Care Act when it was passed, you knew that it was dishonest for President Obama to claim that “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan,” as he did—and continues to do—on countless occasions. And we now know that the administration knew this all along. It turns out that in an obscure report buried in a June 2010 edition of the Federal Register, administration officials predicted massive disruption of the private insurance market.
So, while some Republicans who have miraculously decided to get involved in the fight now that's it's more favorable to do so(i.e., Sen. Ron Johnson, Rep. Fred Upton), along with Democrats who wholeheartedly embraced Obamacare's passage, knowing then that it would alleviate millions of private plans, but are backing away now for their reelection bids (i.e., Mary Landrieu), now we've got the 'we-know-what's-best-for-you' lines coming from the breathtaking arrogance of Pelosi, among others.
Yet another example of how Washington is beyond repair. I think it's time for Levin's Article V solution, don't you?
