It\u2019s just not.<\/p>\n
Look, when a train wreck occurs, the train derails.\u00a0 It\u2019s inoperable.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
ObamaCare reminds me more of the car-racing game that my sons (and husband) like to play on the X-Box.\u00a0 No matter how many crashes you have, it at most costs you\u00a0a few seconds, and then you\u2019re back in the race.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
And that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen with ObamaCare \u2014 Obama will waive and defer and adjust continually as needed to keep things going.\u00a0 Others have observed that insurance companies are becoming more like public utilities than independent companies, and this will increasingly be the case.\u00a0 When insurance companies propose their 2015 rates, Obama will take full advantage of risk-sharing mechanisms, and impose some new ones as needed.\u00a0 He\u2019ll do whatever is needed, taking whatever authority is in the law, or that he thinks he can get away with by executive order.\u00a0 He\u2019ll manipulate deadlines do benefit Democrats in the 2014 elections, waive provisions that unions don\u2019t like, etc.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
And when this happens, it shouldn\u2019t surprise us.<\/p>\n
Sure, there will continue to be problems.\u00a0 The next test will be who\u2019s enrolled as of January 1st, or 10th, or whatever the deadline ends up being.\u00a0 After that, will open enrollment truly close on March 31st, or will Obama waive this, too?\u00a0 Will insurance companies get their premium payments?\u00a0 How much pressure will they be under to pay claims under questionable circumstances?\u00a0 What will the government\u2019s response be to what\u2019s looking to be an inevitable data security breach, and, to the extent that people experience real losses in terms of the consequences of identity theft, who will bear responsibility?<\/p>\n
And, sure, this will affect Obama\u2019s polling numbers.<\/p>\n
But this won\u2019t matter.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Obama is pretty open that the he has no intention to build relationships with Republicans and work to them to accomplish anything.\u00a0 His plan is to govern by executive order and prosecutorial discretion, and wide interpretation of his executive authority in general, and take it for granted that no single action will be, in itself, so appalling egregious as to risk impeachment for failing in his constitutional duties.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
So the real metric isn\u2019t whether anything will cause ObamaCare to implode; he\u2019ll find a way to keep it going.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The real metric is simple:\u00a0 will Republicans solidify their majority in the House, and take back the Senate?\u00a0 And, if they do, will the Republican leadership actually be skilled enough in negotiation and strategy and policy direction and messaging to accomplish anything?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s just not. Look, when a train wreck occurs, the train derails.\u00a0 It\u2019s inoperable.\u00a0 ObamaCare reminds me more of the car-racing game that my sons (and husband) like to play on the X-Box.\u00a0 No matter how many crashes you have, it at most costs you\u00a0a few seconds, and then you\u2019re back in the race.\u00a0 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n