The Media Finally Admit Obamacare Is Collapsing [but lie about the reasons why]

American Spectator ^ | 5/15/17 | David Catron

[markomalley]

William Tecumseh Sherman famously said, “If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.” Sherman’s boss, Ulysses S. Grant, was more diplomatic in his memoirs: “Correspondents of the press were… not always disposed to report correctly what did not confirm their preconceived notions.” Sherman’s hyperbole and Grant’s understatement remind us that journalistic malpractice is nothing new, while providing helpful insight for anyone struggling to reconcile years of “news” stories claiming that Obamacare was working with today’s portentous reports that it is collapsing.

There is, of course, no way to reconcile these two narratives without doing considerable violence to common sense. If Obamacare had actually been “working” for all those years, it would not have suddenly collapsed. In reality, the implosion of the “Affordable Care Act” began when it was originally implemented. Moreover, the partisan reporters and editors of the legacy media certainly knew it was a disaster by 2013, when more than five million Americans lost their insurance coverage and Healthcare.gov exploded on the launch pad. They could not, however, report the truth, because there was no plausible way to blame its failure on the Republicans.

Then Donald Trump surprised almost everyone by winning the 2016 presidential election.

[Enlightened1]

All the media does is lie, lie and lie.

These filthy cockroaches intentionally deceive the public to push their propaganda.

Make no mistake they are the enemy of the American people.

[silverleaf]

Love that Sherman quote
Can see why Grant was the politician
Seems like Trump has more of Sherman in him than of Grant
He’s sure burning his way through the agenda of the progressive left

[bankwalker]

The Trump win didn’t surprise me at all.

[pepsionice]

From day one on, ObamaCare had a limited life span. You could project out and say with confidence that at best...it might be around for ten years max. The GOP didn’t have to do anything...they could have just stood there and watched it fall to the Earth.

[clearcarbon]

You’d think that the lack of republican support for death-by-obamacare would be something to celebrate.

[Truth29]

Sherman’s cure does have a certain attractiveness.

[Liz]

ACA architect, MIT economics prof Jonathan Gruber, argued that perceived rising premium costs are really a one-time increase in 2016 to cover “massively underpriced” policies for the first two years of the 2010 law. He also said the increase “fixed” the problem because insurance companies were seeking signs of profitability and talking optimistically about continued participation in the program.

I guess Obama didn't let Gruber in on the "billion dollar secret." Probably Obama was depending on Gruber's stupidity (smirk).

"Now, I don't want you insurers to worry; when you start
losing money, we are going to jump in and bail you all out."

Obama Siphoned off Billions in GSE Dividends To Prop Up OBAMACARE

ZeroHedge ^ | April 2, 2017 / FR Posted on by Zakeet

Earlier this month, Harvard Ph.D. Jerome Corsi of InfoWars (@jerome_corsi) and a CPA "who worked for two years for a major U.S. accounting firm as an outside auditor for Freddie Mac," confirmed a 2012 scheme hatched by the Obama administration.

The audacious looting involved funnelling hundreds of billions in dividends from Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prop up the failing Obamacare program - by paying subsidies to insurers to remain in the system. [Snip]

The conclusion reached by Corsi and others is that this was probably illegal. In fact, House Republicans actually sued the Obama Administration in 2014 over the fact that the subsidies to insurers weren't appropriated by congress and won, which the Obama administration appealed.

Zerohedge and the Atlanta Journal Constitution pointed out last week, the Trump administration has until May 22nd to decide whether or not to pursue the appeal: (Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...

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The Royal Idiot doesn't know much but he learned in "the community" that laws don't matter.

The half-caste misfit could care less about US laws: that monies designated for one use cannot be appropriated for another.

[Liz]

O/Care passed by an historic Democrat party-line vote w/ a massive, multi-billion-dollar slush fund that was deliberately kept hidden from us "stupid taxpayers" by self-serving Grubercrats.

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The Untraceable $8 Billion ObamaCare PR Budget---truly govt fraud at its finest. Egged on by Pelosi, Democrats slavishly voted for Obamacare by an historic straignt-party line vote.

Not one Democrat told Americans about Obamacare's Section 4002---which mandates an $8B untraceable fund to "promote" Obamacare (apparently b/c Boobamba had so little confidence in his signature legislation).

THE PAYOFF--WHO GOT THE MONEY? In 2010 Taxpayers are extorted $500 million, in 2011, $750 million, 2012, $1 billion, 2013, $1.25 billion, 2014, $1.5 billion, and, in 2015 and on, $2 billion

<><> Where is all that money going?

<><> Was cashing-in the incentive in getting the thing passed?

The sound of West Wing wire-transfers to state Democratic organizations and to offshore banks is almost palpable.

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Turns out Obamacare is a vehicle for consolidating Dummycrat power.....complete w/ a multi-billion dollar slush fund financed by your tax dollar.

ITEM---A local couple called 10News concerned after they received an envelope from Obamacare website, Covered California. Inside was a letter discussing voter registration and a registration card pre-marked with an "x" in the box next to Democratic Party.

ITEM---Obamacare web site is also a voter registration site.

[kearnyirish2]

The fact that it hinged on a few key states is terrifying; we’ve been headed downhill for a decade, and the race is still close?

What kind of people are voting in this country?

[DoodleDawg]

Unfortunately Trumpcare isn’t going to halt the collapse, so the GOP is going to get the blame in 2018.

[stockpirate]

Not to worry Republocrats are bailing OC out and NEVER REPEAL IT.

[Recompennation]

Twagon rider talk

[CIB-173RDABN]

The media can do (almost) anything they want. In fact, I would encourage them to go even further. Report on everything President Trump. Speculate on the what every action means (subscribing sinister motives to them all).

The left will enjoy it but the rest of America will continue on with their lives ignoring them.

The problem for the media will come if there ever is a real scandal, what are they going to do? Other than the left, no body will even believe them (and, even if middle America does believe it, they will shrug their shoulders and simply say “so what”)

The media has sold what ever credibility they may have for nothing. After they covered up or soft pedaled all the real scandals of the Clinton and Obama administration it has become apparent the media is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the left.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

I’ll not consult MIT economist for my personal finances, haa! Gruber needs to go back to school...maybe high school.

[super7man]

It wasn’t just the Northern generals:

It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers!

— Robert E. Lee, 1863

[silverleaf]

Saving this one!