The ObamaCare saga continues

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Kathleen Sebelius (GettyImages/Howard Portnoy photo)

The Obama administration’s HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is a gift that just keeps on giving.  “Seven million was not from the administration. I’m not sure where they (the Congressional Budget Office) even got those numbers,” she told the Huffington Post on Feb. 26.   Just seven months ago, Sebelius told Politico, “I think success looks like at least seven million having signed up by the end of March.”  It’s called video tape, Madam Secretary.

And wide criticism of ObamaCare continues.

“How does one defend spending $1.2 trillion for a health-care overhaul that disincentivizes people to work and that leaves us with 31 million uninsured?”

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Kathleen Parker (businessinsider.com photo)

So wrote Columnist Kathleen Parker stating, “It is easy these days to imagine that one is living in a fairy tale, albeit a dreary one.”  While I am not a fan of Parker, I often read her columns to learn what those left of center are thinking.  Remember when the reason we needed health insurance reform was to insure those 30 million uninsured?

“Vulnerable Democrats think they’ve found a winning strategy for the November elections.  Tell voters they can fix ObamaCare.  ObamaCare is unfixable,” read an editorial in Investors.com

The editorial went on to explain Democrat mid-term strategy revealed in a memo uncovered by Politico, advising Democratic candidates to admit that ObamaCare has flaws, promise to repair them and argue that Republicans will only make things worse.  “Why would anyone believe them?” the editorial asks.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the University of Miami in Florida

Hillary Clinton (Reuters/Gaston DeCardenas photo)

It didn’t take long for Hillary Clinton to fall in line.

“I think we are on the right track in many respects, Clinton told a gathering of health information specialists in Florida, “But I would be the first to say if things aren’t working, then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes.”

Although Clinton has not officially declared her candidacy for president in 2016, clearly she’s attempting to position herself as “Ms. Common Sense,” saying “Part of the challenge is to clear away the smoke and try to figure out what is working and what isn’t.  What we need to do is try to fix this … because it would be a great tragedy, in my opinion, to take away what has now been provided.

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Harry Reid (Washington Post photo)

And did you hear the latest from the mouth of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid?  In response to anti-ObamaCare testimonials being broadcast on TV, the senatorial imposter said:

“There’s plenty of horror stories being told.  All of them are untrue. But those tales turned out to be just that. Tales.  Stories made up from whole cloth. Lies distorted by Republicans to grab headlines or make advertisements.”

Oops.  Reid was back in front of a microphone a few hours later to say, “I can’t say that every one of the Koch brothers’ ads are a lie, but I will say this … the vast majority of them are.”

It didn’t take long for a number of Americans to respond to Reid on the social media and several have appeared on TV to assail him.

Then there’s this:

“We’ve implemented a one-percent surcharge on all food and beverages due to the substantial cost of ObamaCare,” reads signs in The Gators Dockside restaurant in Lakeland, FL and eight others in the chain.

The surcharge is covering extra accounting and human resources work needed in advance.  The restaurant expects the surcharge will bring in $150,000, just a portion of the $500,000 cost estimate.

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Nancy Pelosi on The Daily Show with host Jon Stewart (TonyKatz.com photo)

Perhaps the best quote came from Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show:

“Really?”

It was in response to Nancy Pelosi’s comment on a goal of ObamaCare was to give people “life, a healthier life, liberty, the pursuit of your own happiness.”

Meanwhile, the majority of those polled by Gallup continue to disapprove of ObamaCare 51 to 41 percent.  The flaws of the ObamaCare law will continue to be used by Republicans against Democrats as the midterms draw closer.