Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The White House is quietly implementing a shrewd new strategy of silence on Obamacare. Its goal: making sure the revolt against the unpopular health care overhaul that swept Republicans into power across the country in November 2010 isn’t repeated in 2012…
“The economy, as important as it was, was not the decisive factor this election. Health care was,” Democratic pollster Pat Caddell said just after the election. “It is…health care [that] killed them,” Caddell said of the 63 defeated House Democrats. “The American people found this a crime against democracy… they want it repealed, and this issue is gonna go on and on.” Now the White House’s strategy has the president talking as little as possible about Obamacare.
Full editorial on the Obama “Strategy of Silence” by Grace-Marie Turner worth reading.
The Democrats probably have the correct strategy – quietly ignore health care and focus on the economy. If Republicans ignore the economy and jobs and only talk about ObamaCare during the 2012 campaign season, I suspect it will be the Democrats who win. I recall how Democrats wore buttons that read It’s the economy… stupid when Bill Clinton was running for president.
I don’t blame Obama one bit. The less he talks about health care, the better his life will be. It’s a life lesson on not rocking the boat.
This is really funny. The ACA is Obama’s signature achievement. And he won’t talk about it?
Very insightful observation. One of the best things I’ve read by Grace-Marie.
Good piece.
My recent experience with ObamaCare was a very negative one.
Every 5 years or so, my client’s family proves health, in order to get a similar policy for about a 50% reduction in premium.
Why such a large savings?
Well, Blue Cross and Blue Shield (of which they have had individual policies over for 20 years) probably closed his block of business about 3 years ago. Talk about a Ponzi scheme. This is the opposite, with terrible results for the remaining, ever dwindling block. As the savvy, healthy insureds, switch “classes” of insureds, the remaining, smaller “class” is comprised of more unhealthy insureds.
Well, this time, I expected a 50% reduction in premiums.
Flabbergasted, the rep quoted a premium $19 a month higher!
She said the increased premium was due to the richer benefits under the new law, particularly, unlimited preventive care, and unlimited annual and lifetime maximums.
Frustrated, I went to ehealth insurance, and saw similar results with many other insurers.
Don Levit