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Townhall
Report: 'Dark
Days Ahead' for Obamacare
Guy Benson
Dec 02, 2014
The Hill's Elise Viebeck chronicles Obamacare's continued losing
streak, major elements of which were predicted months ago.
Viebeck's story begins with a mention of the destruction Jonathan
Gruber hath wrought, then outlines four categories of forthcoming
Obamacare headaches. They include pending legal challenges, the
still-simmering threat of Ebola, as well as open Enrollment 2.0
challenges ("the back-end of HealthCare.gov remains partly
unfinished"), dramatically scaled-back sign-up projections, and the
fallout from the administration's bogus enrollment figures:
A Republican investigation revealed Nov. 20 that ObamaCare enrollment
figures at HHS were inflated by roughly 400,000 people after the
department miscounted dental plans as medical coverage. The finding was
a public relations setback for Burwell and the Obama administration,
bringing back partisan strife over enrollment figures that had quieted
since the spring. Seeking to contain the fallout, Burwell asked
managers at HHS to report suggestions for strengthening the
department's "culture of increased transparency, ownership and
accountability." Still, Tavenner is expected to receive tough questions
about the mistakes when she testifies before House Oversight on Dec. 9.
The blunders are also likely to cloud any future enrollment figures the
administration seeks to tout for 2015.
Indeed, those "blunders" are likely to cloud the White House's
credibility even further. Speaking of which, the editors of
Nevada's largest newspaper shredded Obamacare's architects and
champions in a Monday editorial, underscoring how rising costs for
millions was an entirely intentional and cynically-hidden byproduct of
the law...
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