Waa! Waa! Waa! That is what I hear on this topic.
Romeycare has been in effect for a few years now. When they started up it was a disaster. They got over the shakeout issues.
Massachusetts now has the highest healthcare enrollment, over 98% I believe.
If the Republicans picked the guy who architected the healthcare reform to begin with, I'm not sure whey they didn't sell him as the guy who could roll it out effectively. They could have said the other guy has no experience, why should we deal with his learning curve. ...but they didn't.
From what I read, Romneycare is a burden on the middle class. Unlike the Youtube video floating around implying that the wealthiest will fund the have-nots, Romneycare is paid for by the middle class. That is today, we will see how it works out in the long run. However, I suspect that will be the case at the end of the day. The CBO says there is a $100B plus savings over a decade. Ok. Call me a doubter. I think it will be a net increase and it will be the middle class that pays. Just my guess. No better than my Super Bowl prediction.
Now, if the goal is to increase the overall number of people covered by healthcare. That is what I will think will happen. Will the quality of healthcare go up? I suspect for those not previously covered before, but that is probably it.
Lots of crying on this, but I think as usual mostly focused on the wrong areas.