“The point is, the repeal debate is and should be over. The Affordable Care Act is working.” – President Obama, April 17, 2014 press conference.
Nice try, Mr. President, but I don’t buy it and neither do the majority of Americans. Just because you say it’s so doesn’t make it so. I’m reminded of environmentalists who often say, 710 scientists agree that the world is warming. The debate is over. Nonsense.
“Well, ‘the debate is over’ is something of a mantra. The debate is over about climate change – everyone be quiet. The debate is over about early childhood education – everyone be quiet. You hear that from people who are finding the evidence inconvenient.” – Columnist George Will
The president criticized Republicans who he said, “can’t bring themselves to admit that the Affordable Care Act is working,” intimating the debate has taken the focus off creating jobs, improving the economy and raising the minimum wage. Oddly enough those are all failures of his administration.
Will pointed out that the President contradicted himself during the press conference in that while he claims the debate is over, he encouraged Democrats to campaign on how great it’s working.
“(ObamaCare) is working in that it exists; it breathes. But it’s hurting the doctor, hurting the hospital, hurting the patient, it’s hurting the economy, it’s going to cost a fortune.” – Columnist Charles Krauthammer.
Meanwhile, a Pew Research Center poll recently conducted for USA Today was quite revealing. More than 80 percent of respondents believe a candidate’s stance on the troubled health insurance law is important to them, with 54 percent saying it is “very important.” Support for ObamaCare dropped to 37 percent, the lowest level since 2010, the year it was passed. Clearly it will be a mid-term election issue that scares Democrats.
