SpokenTruth said:
A few reasons. Largely, it was not fully known what all got changed prior to to the bill passing. So many hands were in that pie it started as apple and came out a lemon (double entendre). That bill eventually grew to ~20,000 pages. Keeping up with what was and was not changed was impossible. Here's a question. Did anyone in Congress come forward and explicitly state they would not be able to keep their plan before it was passed? Further, many elements of the bill didn't take effect until late 2013. And things were still being adjusted by both parties. There are still parts that won't show up until 2020. Finally, only about 2% have been unable to keep their plans. It says so in your link. Was the ACA a great program? Depends on who you ask...or how they were personally affected by it. Hell, it's largely modeled after Republican Mitt Romney's healthcare bill in MA. But to lay all the good and bad of the ACA solely at Obama's feet is incorrect. Congress proposed it, Congress wrote it, Congress screwed with it. Don't be mad at Obama for trying to get healthcare to everyone and missing 2%. But be made at the Congress that did the actual fudging of the bill. |
Then why does he take credit for it then?
