Now that there’s actually a viable ObamaCare repeal and replace bill out there in the form of the Republicans’ American Health Care Act, liberals are in full chicken little mode.
Elizabeth Warren has informed us that “people will die,” as has Bernie Sanders, who also used the opportunity to attack the rich for the ten millionth time, stating “[Republicans have] let thousands of Americans die so that billionaires get tax breaks.”
Every scare argument you’ll hear from liberal pundits is a mere derivative of those two statements.
When you hear such arguments being made, it’s important to remember that these were the very same people who got everything wrong when they were pitching ObamaCare to us in the first place. From Guy Benson at Townhall:
Track records and credibility should matter. Many Conservatives warned that Obamacare would increase rates and cost a lot more than $940 billion. They predicted that many people would not be able to keep their plans and doctors as promised, that adding millions of new people to a heavily-strained Medicaid program wasn’t wise or sustainable, that Obamacare’s exchanges weren’t going to be ready for primetime, and that the law’s co-ops were going to fall apart. For questioning the Democratic line, these since-vindicated critics and skeptics were routinely attacked as haters, liars, and even racists. By contrast, what did the liberal ‘smart set’ predict at the time? Here’s a fun little stroll down memory lane:
https://twitter.com/JimmyPrinceton/status/877179400403529732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fguybenson%2F2017%2F06%2F21%2Freminder-the-people-scaring-you-about-repeal-were-totally-wrong-about-obamacare-n2343935
Meanwhile, in reality….
New @HHSGov report says the average individual market premium more than doubled from 2013 to 2017, blames ACA. https://t.co/XiHGSTAin3
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) May 23, 2017
Those cheap Obamacare plans are getting even more expensive. Deductibles for individuals enrolled in the lowest-priced Obamacare health plans will average more than $6,000 in 2017, the first time that threshold has been cracked in the three years that Affordable Care Act marketplaces have been in business, a new analysis finds.
Out-of-pocket costs have gotten so prohibitive for so many consumers that even the New York Times has been unable to avert its gaze from the widespread phenomenonof effectively useless “insurance” under Obamacare. Another swing and a miss. So with the most high-profile, tent-pole promises of Obamacare now inoperative, what do the law’s defenders have left?
H/T Townhall
So what arguments do Obamacare supporters have left, really?
They can talk about the amount of people projected to lose insurance under “TrumpCare,” but many of those who will “lose” coverage are only buying coverage in the first place to avoid the individual mandate, and will voluntarily choose to opt out of insurance in absence of the penalty. Many of the others who will “lose” insurance during the transition had healthcare plans they couldn’t afford to use in the first place, thanks to the high deductibles.
Whenever someone makes an argument against repealing ObamaCare, it’s important to remind them that the law didn’t accomplish any of the things it promised.
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