I have been critical of Obamacare and I just want to apologize and say

[zipplewrath]

13. Exactly

For all the fuss and bother to get this thing passed, we increased the insured by about 7%, many of whom are the young who will not use it. Many of the "good" things in here could have been had quite easily. Rahm actually wanted to go after them one by one instead of the "fell swoop" method we ended up spending 9 months or more to get passed. Extending to 26 year olds was one of the easiest. Pre-existing could have been had through many methods, that didn't require mandates. And the donut hole could have been closed quite easily as well. The singular accomplishment of HCR which may have only been possible through comprehensive reform is the exchanges, and we'll see how those pan out.