So God Made Congress

I have come to believe that ObamaCare is the most difficult subject to write about simply because there are few original points left to make. Pundits and politicians tend to make the same points, crafted around the latest data, and only occasionally is a new study released or a new question asked. Today we just so happened to have one of these new points made, or at least a point that has not been made since implementation of ObamaCare began:

Democratic National Commitee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) is so impressed with Obamacare, she couldn’t think of any legislation Tuesday she would introduce to fix it. Nothing “glaring” anyway, she toldThe Daily Rundown‘s Chuck Todd.

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” You know, I think there are going to be issues that arise around the margins,” she said. “If we just have a chance to sit down with Republicans, like we’ve done with hundreds of bills through years of our history, we could hammer out problems that arise. But when you’re dealing with –

“You don’t have one that’s on your radar screen?” Todd asked.

“That comes to mind immediately?” she replied. “No, nothing glaring. I’m not saying that there aren’t problems, but there are always going to be tics in a law that arise, and what we should be doing is sitting down and working those out.”

First off, this must be news to every single Democrat who is facing an uphill battle to retain their seat this year (especially in the Senate where the Democrats could lose control). It takes a brave safe politician to make a comment about the most contentious political issue of the past 5 years that places them firmly in the minority of Americans. Thirdly, and this is the most obvious point, it shows the exact arrogant attitude that has led to Congress's abysmal approval ratings. To believe that ObamaCare doesn't need to be fixed means you don't believe that people who have been kicked off their health insurance (over 6 million) have been adversely effected, you don't believe that people with serious illnesses are telling the truth about the hurdles they are facing to get the care they need, and that you don't believe health insurance premiums are about to skyrocket.

Also, without going too deep into the math, making a statement like this means that you believe that uprooting the entire health insurance system and screwing people who have plans and doctors they like all in the name of fairness while spending $2 trillion over the coming decade is the right way to go about getting 2 million people off the list of the uninsured. That's right, not the 7.1 million number being thrown around today, but when you take into account the number of people kicked off their coverage who are part of that number along with the 20% of the 7.1 million who are estimated to have yet pay their first month's premium we are looking at 2 million out of 45 million uninsured, or slightly over 4% of the uninsured population that this law was designed to help actually being helped (Medicaid doesn't count because it is barely health insurance). A true victory indeed!

Stories like this remind me why I thank God everyday for our congressional overlords who have the foresight to not only pass a law that will work flawlessly, but to do so before even reading the actual content of the bill! We are truly blessed to have people such as DWS in office who are incapable of making a mistake.

Note: Google Blogger doesn't like it when you copy and paste HTML from open office into the post so all the links are broken. If I was paid to do this I would fix it but I am not! Plus these stories are easy to find.