October 17, 2012

ACA: The More You Know, the More You Hate

By Deane Waldman
Everyone remembers Nancy Pelosi's famous words about the Affordable Care Act (ACA): "We have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it."  Since January 2010, when the ACA was signed into law, we have gradually discovered what's in it.  What we are finding is not what we want and certainly not what was advertised. Every expansive promise made by the president for his signature legislation has been shown to be smoke and mirrors.  Though touted as healthcare reform (change for the better), the ACA is more accurately described as Obama's Act of Healthcare Exacerbation (change that makes things worse). A new study by the Pioneer Policy Institute in Massachusetts adds number 10 to the list (below) of reasons why Americans hate the ACA. 1. First, there was the way ACA was rammed down our throats.  Arm-twisting, phony statistics, bribery, for-show executive orders, deferred implementation, and outright lies were all used to get the ACA passed...(Read Full Article)