Obamacare is on "pause" for the moment.  We will probably not hear about it again until the 2018 premiums start hitting the front pages or more areas get left without an insurance carrier.  And this is just around the corner! This is why I believe that some red-state Democrats will regret the day that they followed Minority Leader Charles Schumer rather than look out for their voters. What if a red-state Democrat had stepped forward and voted with the GOP to begin finding a solution to the problem?  My guess is that the particular senator would have sealed his re-election in 2018. We learned this week that Senator Manchin will be in for a fight in 2018.  The GOP in West Virginia is not assuming that the popular Mr. Manchin will be re-elected.  I wonder how Manchin will answer the question in a future debate: "Mr. Senator, why did you choose to stick with your party rather than West Virginia, hard hit by premium increases?" By...(Read Full Post)