Another aspect of course is money which is power. The medical industry sold out on the ACA for guarantees of increased revenues stemming from a bigger pool of insured patients. The industry I am sure will flex their muscle to insure that they get their piece of the pie.
It is a long-standing principle that you really need the consent of the people to get any system of governance to actually work. Obamacare is a paper tiger, and it can die if enough people drag their heels in defiance. I for one believe that what we as “commoners” believe and say about it is part of the long-term success or failure of the present “Obamacoup” insurgency. I know people who have worked for the IRS, tax attorneys, and I can tell you the troops are not unified and the game is not over until and unless we the ordinary people just “resign ourselves to the inevitable.” Pardon the bluntness, but to me this is like rape. Do we, at some point, just say, OK, get on with it? Or do we fight, kick, scratch, bite, and scream until it just isn’t fun for them anymore? I choose the latter, and given the news here it strikes me I am not alone in this.