The news is out today that my state, Connecticut, is not going to allow insurance companies to continues selling current policies that do not meet the requirements of Obamacare despite the "fix' announced by president Obama in which he said that those policies could stay on the market for another year. Connecticut joins such other strongly Democrat states like California, New York and Minnesota in rejecting Obama's fix. In fact, the quick rejection by the liberal Democrat bastions leads me to believe that Obama's announcement was just a charade designed to make it look like he was trying to help when he knew that his move would change nothing.
Let's start with the action by Connecticut. Governor Malloy, a Democrat, did not just say no to the fix, he said expressly that the proposal by Obama "would not work". It was a total rejection by Malloy of Obama's efforts. Malloy refused to allow holders of private insurance policies to keep their plans despite the state's own data that shows 58% of all of these policies in Connecticut have been cancelled for 2014. Democrat Malloy also rejected Obama's fix even though the Republicans in the state legislature had announced support for passing a law that would expressly allow insurance companies to continue to sell the now cancelled policies. Malloy rejected Obama's fix not because of opposition to it from others, but because Malloy, himself, did not want it to be done.
Actions like this one in Connecticut would be puzzling if governor Malloy were the only Democrat doing this, but he is not. Almost certainly, the White House must have checked with its allies in the state houses to see how they would receive the proposed "fix" before Obama announced it. After all, Obama and the Obamacrats are not very good at drafting legislation and they are worse at actually carrying out the requirements of the law, but they are very good at politics. They know that prior to making an announcement like this, they had to see how the Democrat governors would respond to it. That means that Obama had to know before he announced the fix that the governors in blue states would reject it. So Obama announced the "fix" while knowing that it would never go ahead in the blue states.
So why would the president do such a thing? How does it make sense for Obama to announce a move to "fix" the problem while knowing that no such thing would happen? The answer is simple: Obama does not want the problem fixed. To Obama and the Obamacrats, the cancellation of millions of insurance policies is not a problem at all. No, those cancellations are the intended result of the Obamacare law. Remember, the federal government put out regulations three years ago telling us that there will be roughly 97 million policies that will be cancelled due to Obamacare. The Democrats in Washington all knew what was coming. The Democrats in Washington all expected mass cancellations. That was the goal; that was their aim.
When the reaction to the cancellations began last month, however, Obama and the Obamacrats were surprised by the anger which the cancellations caused. They had expected that most people would ignore the event, but they were wrong. Obama, therefore, had to do something in order to look like he cared and was trying to help those whose policies had been cancelled. Obama's problem, however, is that he wanted those policies cancelled, he wanted millions to lose their coverage and to be forced into the exchanges, and he did not want to give up that goal. So, Obama did just what Obama usually does when he gets into a tight situation: he came up with a lie, a scheme to distract and defraud America, a charade. Obama announced a "fix" which he knew ahead of time would be rejected by state governors of his own party. Indeed, for all we know, Obama also told the insurance companies not to sell the old policies should the states actually allow it. Obama was prepared to look like his "fix" was ineffective in order to make sure that nothing interfered with the cancellation of the policies.
The dishonesty is astounding.
Let's start with the action by Connecticut. Governor Malloy, a Democrat, did not just say no to the fix, he said expressly that the proposal by Obama "would not work". It was a total rejection by Malloy of Obama's efforts. Malloy refused to allow holders of private insurance policies to keep their plans despite the state's own data that shows 58% of all of these policies in Connecticut have been cancelled for 2014. Democrat Malloy also rejected Obama's fix even though the Republicans in the state legislature had announced support for passing a law that would expressly allow insurance companies to continue to sell the now cancelled policies. Malloy rejected Obama's fix not because of opposition to it from others, but because Malloy, himself, did not want it to be done.
Actions like this one in Connecticut would be puzzling if governor Malloy were the only Democrat doing this, but he is not. Almost certainly, the White House must have checked with its allies in the state houses to see how they would receive the proposed "fix" before Obama announced it. After all, Obama and the Obamacrats are not very good at drafting legislation and they are worse at actually carrying out the requirements of the law, but they are very good at politics. They know that prior to making an announcement like this, they had to see how the Democrat governors would respond to it. That means that Obama had to know before he announced the fix that the governors in blue states would reject it. So Obama announced the "fix" while knowing that it would never go ahead in the blue states.
So why would the president do such a thing? How does it make sense for Obama to announce a move to "fix" the problem while knowing that no such thing would happen? The answer is simple: Obama does not want the problem fixed. To Obama and the Obamacrats, the cancellation of millions of insurance policies is not a problem at all. No, those cancellations are the intended result of the Obamacare law. Remember, the federal government put out regulations three years ago telling us that there will be roughly 97 million policies that will be cancelled due to Obamacare. The Democrats in Washington all knew what was coming. The Democrats in Washington all expected mass cancellations. That was the goal; that was their aim.
When the reaction to the cancellations began last month, however, Obama and the Obamacrats were surprised by the anger which the cancellations caused. They had expected that most people would ignore the event, but they were wrong. Obama, therefore, had to do something in order to look like he cared and was trying to help those whose policies had been cancelled. Obama's problem, however, is that he wanted those policies cancelled, he wanted millions to lose their coverage and to be forced into the exchanges, and he did not want to give up that goal. So, Obama did just what Obama usually does when he gets into a tight situation: he came up with a lie, a scheme to distract and defraud America, a charade. Obama announced a "fix" which he knew ahead of time would be rejected by state governors of his own party. Indeed, for all we know, Obama also told the insurance companies not to sell the old policies should the states actually allow it. Obama was prepared to look like his "fix" was ineffective in order to make sure that nothing interfered with the cancellation of the policies.
The dishonesty is astounding.
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