From Delay-Is-Not-An-Option Sebelius: No More Delays of ObamaCare

Recently, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she didn't anticipate any further delays of ObamaCare.  Of course, this is this same Sebelius that said "delay is not an option"; even though, as of now, there have been at least 30 such delays of a variety of major mandates of the healthcare law.

This time though, she might be actually telling the truth; as hard as that may be to swallow.  That's because all the "most" damaging parts of the law have been shelved until after the elections.  Some even past the 2016 elections. So, what's left? Hardly anything.  My guess is that Obama and the Democrats will be content with people "voluntarily" and, I suppose, happily signing up for exchange-based insurance through the balance of this year.  This way, the angry and "vocal" and forced signups will be silenced and the Dems will just skate through the elections unharmed.  Anyway, that appears to be Sebelius and Obama's plan.

What Republicans need to do is keep reminding the voters that "delay" is not a "fix" for what is an extremely bad and damaging law.  The turmoil and anger that was seen last Fall is still waiting to rear its ugly head again in 2015, 2016, and 2017.  There isn't enough lipstick in the world to make this pig look good


References:

Sebelius: No more ObamaCare delays: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/31/sebelius-no-more-obamacare-delays/

Sebelius: Obamacare "delay is not an option": http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sebelius-obamacare-delay-is-not-an-option/

Sebelius: Delaying ObamaCare is Not an Option

In a PBS interview last November, Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, said this:

"Delaying the Affordable Care Act wouldn’t delay people’s cancer or diabetes or Parkinson. It doesn’t delay the higher cost all of us pay when uninsured Americans are left with no choice but to rely on emergency rooms for care. So, for millions of Americans, delay is not an option."

Yet, just last weekend, another delay -- the 27th so far in less than a year -- was put in place.  This time it again postpones the employer mandate for businesses with 50 to 100 employees until January 2016.  Thui, conveniently avoids the onslaught of expected insurance cancellations that would have occurred during the run up to the 2014 elections as many employers might choose to pay the penalty versus providing insurance by the current January 1, 2015 deadline.

Apparently, cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's will now have to wait after all until the Democrats are able to skate through the 2014 elections without all the problems of ObamaCare hanging around their necks.  Obviously,  the President's delay of all the insurance-killing and job-killing aspects of his health care reform completely contradicts the expressed belief by the Democratic National Committee Chairman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, that they will run on ObamaCare in 2014 and win.

One has to wonder.  If it is so great for America, why should so much of it have to be delayed?  After all, Sebellius told us that it wasn't an option.

References:

Kathleen Sebelius to Congress: Delay of health care law ‘not an option’: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs-july-dec13-healthcare_11-06/

Employer Mandate Delayed Again: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/obamacare-employer-mandate-delay-103338.html

Wasserman Schultz: Democrats Will Win in 2014 Running on Obamacare: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/wasserman-schultz-democrats-will-win-2014-running-obamacare

Democratic candidates will be able to run on ObamaCare as an advantage leading into the 2014 election, - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/wasserman-schultz-democrats-will-win-2014-running-obamacare#sthash.6fH0XAgq.dpuf

Democratic candidates will be able to run on ObamaCare as an advantage leading into the 2014 election, - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/wasserman-schultz-democrats-will-win-2014-running-obamacare#sthash.6fH0XAgq.dpuf

Democratic candidates will be able to run on ObamaCare as an advantage leading into the 2014 election, - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/wasserman-schultz-democrats-will-win-2014-running-obamacare#sthash.6fH0XAgq.dpuf