>>>As I see it, the system will succeed if it validates its basic premise that by getting the bulk of the 41 million uninsured into some kind of plan costs to the rest of the already insured population - who are now paying for a lot of the costs of caring for the uninsured - will drop substantially and health care in general will have been improved.
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>>There are plenty of "if" statements in there. And right now, none of them are being validated. And a substantial amount of non-partisan economists (and an estimated 70% of licensed U.S. physicians) who also beg to differ.
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>Correct. I have no idea whether they will or won't be.
>As I said, the prospects for a good grade don't look good to me.
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>Yesterday CSPAN televised a meeting between Obama and a large group of CEO's.
>The meeting was hosted by the Wall Street Journal and I was impressed by the fairness and honesty of the moderator, given the ownership of WSJ.
>After a set address, Obama answered some questions from the moderator.
>One question was "Have you learned anything by what has happened to ACA?"
>He talked about the web site, etc but then said that one thing he had learned was that starting something as complex as this after it had been put into law on a straight party line vote was extremely difficult.
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>Hmm, wow!
>Great, profound insight, Barack baby!
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>That's his real problem here. If he somehow gets it done with so many people opposing it and finding glee is every hiccup, he can have a career as a magician after leaving office.
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>Don't count him out, though.
>The moderator asked him whether he was optimistic about the outcome.
>Obama answered "Anyone who would run for president with a name like Barack Obama has to be an optimist."
I absolutely refuse to debate Barack Obama any more. But I am one to see the silver lining in any cloud. Here is an actual magician. I hope it gives some smiles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9lFe504i2s
