Healthcare woes....

 

 

 

"I am sorry - the doctor is not in. In fact, he will never be in again..."

I almost, I need to repeat the word "almost", feel sorry for the Obama Administration on how the crown jewel of his presidency is coming along. Back when I talked like a sailor, I would say this thing was a cluster something or other. Today, I will just say it is a hot mess.

The true believers on the Left had high, high hopes that by the 2014 midterms, ticker tape parades would be held for any Democrat running for re-election. Instead, the only running is the sprinting many Democrats are doing trying to get away from ObamaCare. Rather than a life preserver, it is an anvil.

The latest bombshell was the CBO report. It seems the CBO's reputation vacillates between guru (if they say something favorable about the Administration) to pariah (if they tell the truth about the Administration). Part of the selling package for ObamaCare was the 4 million jobs it would create, many of those immediately. Instead, the CBO is forecasting 2.5 million FTE (full time equivalent) jobs will go away. In a land awash with temporary and part time workers, we sure don't need more of them.

In addition, everyone is waiting with baited breath for the employer mandate to take effect. Many are expecting this to be the straw which will break ObamaCare. That is, unless the paucity of enrollments by the young healthy group continues. That will kill the ACA even faster. Oh, and please don't forget the web portal. It is far from being fixed, with more good money being poured into fixing the back end problems. How much money? You will never hear how much from the lap dog media. I will tell you however, Accenture's rates are not cheap.

In Minnesota, we have our own kettle of fish with MNSure. We are now hiring temps to staff the help desk phones. Why? So far MNSure has been a classic fail. We can no longer blame good old April, since she has now moved on to greener pastures. We can however, blame her boss. And how about all that bonus money paid for this mess? NOBODY it seems, has the stones to go after the people who received this money and retrieve it.

One final word about ObamaCare. I heard another study recently which stated the number of uninsured after total implementation of this thing could be the same as before we started. Huh? The only difference is the people who will be uninsured are different than the ones before the program started. The only thing that will change is the people. Is this the change we have been promised and voted for?