Obamacare: Condition - Critical <> Prognosis - Poor

If you're looking for some positives for the impending train wreck known as 'Obamacare,' you wouldn't have found it last week. Consider....

> Delta Airlines said its health costs will rise by $100 million next year;

>UPS and Univ of VA are dropping working spouses from health coverage;

>The Nevada AFL-CIO said Obamacare will hurt full-time work;

>Teen retailer Forever 21 reduced employee hours; 

>Young people in Colorado will have to pay more for basic insurance.

More and more people and businesses are coming to the realization that the president's signature legislation is a bust. Obamacare is causing havoc in a lot of areas. One of the biggest is jobs, where the president already has a failing grade. Obamacare has forced many businesses, with more to come, to cut back employee hours from full-time to part time. And if that's not enough, read more: Why Obamacare Won't Work.

Congress is close to returning to Washington, winding up it's summer recess. Many members of Congress probably got an earful from their constituents during the recess on a number of important issues, including Obamacare. The House of Representatives is the "keeper of the purse," on funding government programs. There is a move afoot among a number of GOP members to defund Obamacare when the battle over the budget begins this fall. Many Americans like that idea. The only problem is if it is defunded, and since the House majority is Republican, we will hear a familiar tune from the Democrats, blaming the Republicans for shutting down the government. That's not entirely true. Essential services of the government well still go on, but the Dems will make it sound like the GOP had just brought the world to an end rather than what they really did which was stop a major train wreck.

Harry Reid needs 60 votes in the Senate to fund Obamacare, but he

only has 54 Democrats and, according to the Washington Post, some moderate Democrats are backing away from Obamacare which means he's going to need help from Republicans.

 Sen. Mike Lee has crafted a letter to force the defunding of Obamacare by blocking a continuing resolution on government spending. Read More: Senators Who Have Not Signed The Letter 

The battle over Obamacare and spending for the next year begins next month. Look for Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and all the Democrats to demagogue the Republicans and play the blame game despite the majority of Americans not wanting Obamacare. Also note, of all the Democrats up for re-election in 2014, you won't find one who has Obamacare as the focal point of their campaign. Despite voting for it four years ago, they all now see it for what it is.....something that is not good for this country.



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