October 12, 2013

Obamacare sign-up crash: what’s really behind it?

It’s easy to say the government always screws things up and, therefore, the crash of its Obamacare sign-up system is merely another example of gross incompetence. But this is shortsighted. White House officials knew, months ago, the online site was an unmitigated disaster, and yet they let the train continue speeding down the track to its inevitable crackup. To understand this, we need to go back to the opening salvo in the Obamacare drama. To his advisors’ shock and surprise, Obama, taking office in 2009, announced that his first big move was going to be national health insurance. His people assumed jobs would be the top priority. The nation was clamoring for a solution. People were out of work. Banks were foreclosing on homes. Families were in peril. How could the President misread the national mood so badly? National health insurance? Now? Where the hell did that come from?
***Read article at Activist Post***

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