One of the great Jewish thinkers of our time recently explained Chazal’s statement that Mashiach will come in a generation that is entirely chayav to mean that all the lies upon which civilization is based will become so blatant that the entire societal structure will collapse of its own weight. The wheels falling off the bus of Obamacare taking place before our eyes serves as a metaphor for that process.
President Obama’s approval ratings have now dipped below those of President George W. Bush after Hurricane Katrina primarily as a result of the disastrous rollout of the Obamacare insurance exchange and the obvious falsehood of the president’s signature promise selling Obamacare: “If you like your doctor you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan you will be able to keep your health care plan. No one will take it away.”
That promise was publicly reiterated by President Obama at least two dozen times both before and after the passage of Obamacare and was central to selling the plan. At the time of its passage a Gallup survey showed that 87 percent of Americans were satisfied with their level of health care.
Prior to the passage of Obamacare the president might have at least gotten away with the statement “You can keep your plan if it doesn’t change in any way” as Obamacare contained a narrowly drafted grandfather clause for policies in effect prior to passage. That statement would still have been highly deceptive. Insurance plans almost always change from year to year and even a change of over $5 in copay provisions was sufficient under Obamacare to exclude a policy from the grandfather clause. In a February 2010 public exchange with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor prior to the passage of Obamacare the president admitted “The eight to nine million people you refer to [those in the individual insurance market] might have to change their coverage.” But he asserted they would get a better deal.
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