Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Pelosi Peers Into Her Cracked ObamaCare Crystal Ball Again

Health Reform: Nancy Pelosi says Republicans will "rue the day" if the Supreme Court guts ObamaCare's subsidy scheme. Given her track record on ObamaCare predictions, that should come as welcome news to the GOP.
Talking to the Associated Press last week, Pelosi said such a ruling in the Halbig v. Burwell case — which would deny subsidies to anyone getting ObamaCare coverage through the federal Healthcare.gov exchange — "would be bad news for (Republicans), it would be really bad news for them."
What are they going to do, she went on, "go out and say we're going to take subsidies away from people who have health care?"
Before reading too much into Pelosi's dire forecast, remember that this is the same person who, in March 2010, looked into her crystal ball and discerned that, despite the intense turmoil and the public's clear disdain for the law, ObamaCare would become hugely popular once the dust settled.
"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it — away from the fog of the controversy," she famously said.
Well, the fog of controversy lifted long ago, but only 45% approve of ObamaCare, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll. The law is especially unpopular among the uninsured.
Pelosi also predicted in that same speech that the law would create 400,000 jobs "almost immediately." That year, the economy lost 282 million jobs between May and October.
Maybe this explains everything?
In 2012, she stated definitively that, once the ObamaCare exchanges and insurance rules went into effect, "everybody will have lower rates, better-quality care and better access." Even the mainstream press saw that claim as false.
Then in late 2013, Pelosi predicted "the Affordable Care Act will either be a wash or a plus for the Democrats going forward." As the midterms approached, she boasted that "I believe that it's a winner."
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