Obamacare Implementation in Doubt

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts. But if he will be content to beging with doubts, he shall end with certainties.

 Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Advancement of Learning

I am working on a new book with this title and subtitle:

Caution! Obamacare “Train Wreck” Approaching?

Given Its Awkward  Fit with American Culture, Continuing Unpopularity among the Public, the Poisonous Partisan Political Climate, Unfulfilled Promises to Date,  and Opposition of GOP Governors, Business Leaders, and Physicians,  Can and How Will Obamacare Be Implemented?

A fog permeates Obamacare.  It  has so many moving parts that  no one knows what implementation will entail or whether it will occur.  Polls indicate one-half of Americans do not know how it will effect  them: one-fifth think it has already been repealed  Meanwhile, businesses in 2014 with over 50 employees will face a $2000 fine for each employee not covered; the uninsured will have penalties of $95 going to $695 by 2016 if they did not buy a policy, and employers  are busily revising their business models to minimize the impact of Obamacare.

 As of this writing, May 24, 2013, both political parties are campaigning with the outcome of November midterm elections in mind and as stake.  The IRS scandal targeting of Tea Party members and conservative groups complicates matters for Democrats, especially since the person though to be responsible for overseeing that scandal has been appointed to direct the implementation of Obamacare.   If the GOP wins the House and Senate in 2014, Obamacare implementation will be in grave danger, even if President Obama vetoes a Congressional repeal.

The lstest Kaiser Foundation poll shows 34% say it is better to keep law while 55% say it is better to go back to previous system, and 26% say they will be better off undr the new alw while 53% say they will be worse off.  Not exactly a vote of confidence.  With Obamacare, "worse" beats "better" by 2:1.

Tweet: The fate of Obamacare implementation is unknown, but as this point, it does not look promising.