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In reply to the discussion: What Democrats Should Learn from their Loss in Florida -Charles P. Pierce [View all]tularetom
(23,664 posts)is that there really isn't a great deal there to be enthusiastic about.
The goal was to get everybody insured. Well, BFD. That's a faulty premise, the goal should have been to get everybody access to health care.
The president is smart enough to know that but what else can he say. He set the bar pretty low when he failed to even push for a public option, let alone single payer. Which is where this whole thing is going to end up when the insurance companies realize their profits are going down the crapper if they have to cover everybody.
The test of Obamacare's success will not be measured by how many people sign up for it. It will ultimately be judged by statistics on life expectancy, death rates for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other treatable conditions.