Republicans will never stop whining about Obamacare, but they should just get over it. It’s the law of the land. No one ever said reforming our healthcare system would be easy. The law was passed in 2010, with a plan to phase in various aspects of the program so as not to create chaos, and allow a smooth transition.
Delaying the employer mandate a year should be a welcome relief to businesses(many whom are Republicans), but Republicans don't want healthcare reform. They want chaos and dissension. They want Obamacare to fail. Giving the Government another year to phase in mandates helps, not hurts, the implementation. That’s why Republicans are whining about the delay. They want healthcare to be denied to millions of Americans. Obamacare is far from perfect, but it's way better than the Republicans -“Nocare”.
Despite their constant opposition, Obamacare is a major compromise to the Republicans. Other than expanding healthcare to people who don't have it and taking on all comers, keeping healthcare reform in the hands of for-profit health insurance companies does little to improve care or reduce costs. True healthcare reform will come by lowering the Medicare eligibility age to zero, and have one single payor system for everybody. Then healthcare will be fixed.
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