Also see: Opening Up the Health Care Bill
I guess that's why Dems (or the MSM) haven't been talking about it much.
Related: "the major changes happen well after the next presidential election, safeguarding President Obama from suffering blowback?"
Yeah, kind of odd how that works out, huh?
And a bunch of people who passed it will be gone, too.
Already leaving, and he is not the only one.
They can read the writing on the wall, and no one wants a career to end with a loss.
"4 million may face fine under health law; Penalties begin in ’14 on uninsured" by Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press | April 23, 2010
WASHINGTON — Nearly 4 million Americans — the vast majority of them middle class — will have to pay the new penalty for not getting health insurance when President Obama’s health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional estimates released yesterday.
The penalties will average a little more than $1,000 apiece in 2016, the Congressional Budget Office reported.
Most of the people paying the fine will be middle class. Obama pledged in 2008 not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 a year and couples making less than $250,000....
Hey, what is one more broken campaign promise, fool?
Democrats argue the mandate and penalties are a necessary part of a massive overhaul designed to expand coverage to millions who lack it. They point out that getting young, healthy Americans in the insurance pool will reduce costs for others.
Americans who don’t get qualified health insurance will be required to pay penalties, starting in 2014, unless they are exempt because of their low income, their religious beliefs, or because they are members of American Indian tribes. The penalties will be fully phased in by 2016....
By 2016, those who must get insurance but don’t will be fined $695, or 2.5 percent of their household income, whichever is greater. After 2016, penalties will increase....
The government will collect about $4 billion a year in fines from 2017 through 2019, the report estimated.
Given their record of looking after money... sigh.
You got took, 'murka.
President Obama has chosen Stephanie Cutter, who served as a top aide to Senator Edward M. Kennedy and communications director for Senator John F. Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, to be in charge of getting out the word about the benefits of the new health care insurance overhaul.
Doesn't she already work there?
Related: Cutting Through The Court Picks in the Clinton, 'er, Obama Administration
Oh, after reading the roster of jobs and names I see why she is a one-day wonder and gone in a flash.
“Stephanie is one of the most respected professionals in public affairs and has an innate understanding of the nexus between policy and communications,’’ Obama said yesterday in a statement.
Cutter will begin her post as assistant to the president for special projects next month. In addition to improving communications on the health care law, she is to assist in other presidential initiatives.
Administration officials said Cutter’s job will be more educational than political. But several Democrats said better messaging on health care is crucial to the party’s election hopes this year.
YOU BLEW IT!
We KNOW WHAT WE WANTED and we DIDN'T GET IT!
Instead we got crap care coverage done in a most disingenuous and underhanded way.
You guys just don't get it, do you?
“The administration needs to use all means necessary to get the message out, basic information to consumers,’’ said Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “The more people learn about the bill, the more they like it.’’
What, the newspapers and MSM not enough for yo... oh, yeah, right.
Those industries are cratering; no wonder the agenda-pushing MSM megaphone no longer works, and in fact brings about the opposite of a reaction they had intended.
And WHY YOU GOTTA LIE, Democrat??
When you GIVE US the CHOICE of TWO LIARS I will be going with the THIRD PARTY AGAIN!!
Republicans have a different view. They predict that public anger over the health care law will fuel big GOP gains in congressional races this fall.
Repugs misread the mood, too.
It's not just health care and DemocraPs; it is ALL OF YOU CLOWNS!
You just TRADE PLACES and the PARTYING GOES ON!
A recent Associated Press-GfK poll found that opposition to the law increased after Obama’s March 23 signing ceremony. Half of those polled said they opposed the new measure, and 39 percent supported it.
And that is a skewed poll; more like 75-20 against (like most things).
MOST AMERICANS wanted a GOOD, DECENT, SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH SYSTEM like FRANCE or NORWAY!
Instead we got this PoS!
Only 28 percent, however, said they understood the overhaul extremely or very well. That gives Democratic leaders a chance to fill the knowledge gaps.
Wouldn't the agenda-pushing newspapers and TV have already do.... there I go again!
Yeah, right, we don't understand being looted so cash can be turned over to insurance companies, duh!
I'm tired of the condescending insults by rigged MSM polls.
But Cutter and her allies must hack through a jungle of confusing provisions, complex issues, and misinformation to raise such awareness.
Oh, do I KNOW THE FEELING EVERY MORNING for about TWO HOURS!
For instance....
Reading a Boston Globe.
What is less well known....
Probably for a reason.
Cutter, 41, grew up in Raynham, Mass., and graduated from Smith College and the Georgetown University Law Center.
In addition to her work with Kennedy and Kerry, she was a spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Agency and deputy communications director in the Clinton White House.
Considered one of the top Democratic strategists for presenting a side in the media or buffing a politician’s image, Cutter was a leading figure in the presidential transition team for Obama and was a top aide to Michelle Obama.
She also coordinated the announcement of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and led preparations for her successful confirmation hearings.
Yeah, didn't really need or want to know any of that, sigh.
