Posted on 11/22/2013 1:53:07 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Obamacare was marketed to voters as a health-care overhaul that would allow Americans to benefit from lower costs and more options, and keep their current insurance and stay with their existing doctors if they wanted to. Well, for millions of Americans, none of that is true. As the truth about Obamacare reveals itself, President Obama has admitted that he will have to “remarket and rebrand” his plan.
How does the White House think they will “remarket” Obamacare to voters? Telling the truth could not possibly achieve good results. The truth reveals that under Obamacare, you can’t keep your current insurance plan unless Obama’s Washington likes it, you can’t keep your doctor or local hospital unless you are lucky, and that you will pay higher premiums and higher deductibles to get fewer choices. Of course, there will be no chance for appeal. New slogans won’t do the trick; voters would need to be hypnotized to accept the real Obamacare.
The Democrats’ sappy pleas that they understand they have to win back consumers by “fixing” what’s wrong with Obamacare are bogus. Consumers don’t have a choice. Americans won’t be using the Obamacare exchanges because they find the Obamacare branding and marketing pitches informative and appealing, they will use the exchanges because if they don’t, Obama’s IRS will fine them. The gentle appeals that we will be hearing as a result of all the “rebranding” and “remarketing” are just cynical, doe-eyed scams. The truth is, if you don’t sign up for Obamacare, the IRS is coming after you. Now that’s effective marketing. And the White House knows it.
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Seeing how easy it was for the democrats to change the rules to solidify the liberal agenda for the next couple of years at least...
Changing the rules for who is to be #2 and Speaker of the House of Representatives I imagine could be done...But seeing how you have to be elected to be a congressman, the Speaker is obviously drawn from those ranks...
Because they are accountable for their actions by the constituencies they represent, AND the other Representatives in that chamber...I do not see a way around the absolute corruption that could become, of placing an non-elected outsider, removed from partisan political affiliation...
An interesting thought, but I feel it will be used against us, more than it would help the overall situation...
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