Obamacare: Arbitrarily Changing Law

Obama's Arbitrary Healthcare Flexibility

This law, the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA), was written exclusively by Democrats, voted on exclusively by Democrats, and singed into law by a Democrat.  The single worst enemy to Obamacare is Obama himself, according to Major Garrett.

"To those who must live with and live under the law, the arbitrary is the norm. The only pattern is chaos. Obamacare’s worst enemy is Obama."

President Obama has issued 13 separate changes to the law in the last 12 months.  Constitutional?  Well, not really.  But who will stop him?  Republicans?  No.

Each of the delays in individual pieces of the law ends shortly after an election date. The law was originally passed containing components that were not to occur until after the 2012 reelection campaign of the Campaigner in Chief.  The parts of the law that most voters like, coverage for pre-existing conditions for example, were enacted immediately to gain the voters' favor.  The less appreciated portions, such as taxes and mandates, were not enacted until after that election cycle.  And it worked, President Obama was reelected.

Republicans have long argued this law should not be passed, then it should be repealed, and I agree with them on that.  But will they stand by and allow Obama to make arbitrary changes to his signature law.  Most likely, they will, for the implications that will have in the 2014 mid-term elections.  Republicans are hoping to campaign on the chaos created by Obamacare to gain favor with voters in November 2014, and retake control of the Senate, while holding their huge margin in the House of Representatives.

The PPACA is, in my opinion, the single worst piece of law ever created in this country.  We should repeal it, then work to implement new law that better deal with the real health care problems facing America.

Recently, House Speaker John Boehner stated he would not entertain comprehensive immigration reform legislation, because the President could not be trusted to enforce that new law, whatever form it took, based on how the PPACA has been handled by his administration.  He is right about that.

President Obama cannot be trusted.