For a sense of how poorly the rollout of Obamacare’s exchanges is being received even amongst people predisposed to being supportive of the law, it’s instructive to compare USA Today’s harsh Obamacare editorial today to the hopeful one it posted a week before the exchanges went live.
At the end of the month, the paper’s editorial board posted an editorial touting the availability of affordable coverage for all in just a week’s time. “Glitches are inevitable,” the piece warned. But it reminds readers that Medicare Part D went through a rocky implementation and rollout too, and it’s quite popular now. “Maybe that's what ObamaCare's critics really fear,” the unsigned editorial declared, “that once people realize the non-stop demonization of the new health law has been mostly lies and exaggerations.”
Today’s editorial is not so forgiving. Headlined, “Exchange launch turns into inexcusable mess,” it says the exchanges amount to “an epic screw up.” The piece goes on to make the comparison to Medicare Part D once again. And this time it’s not so friendly.
Via: The ReasonPresident Obama's chief technology adviser, Todd Park, blames the unexpectedly large numbers of people who flocked to Healthcare.gov and state websites. "Take away the volume and it works," he told USA TODAY's Tim Mullaney.
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