President Obama's ability to spin, with the cooperation of those afraid that any criticism of Obama represented racism during his term of office, and the now entrenched Democrat submersion of facts into the world of narrative means that at best what we're hearing is similar to those media that claim to be BASED ON A TRUE STORY, regardless of how little that media has in common with the original facts.
And so weirdly Obama and Obamacare are being paraded before us as a "victory," April 5, not the anniversary of Obamacare, but closer to today's anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. And so the narrative begins.
Likely ignored in the narrative will be the fact that Obama was voted the liar of year, technically as telling the lie of the year, for his junk promise of if you like your health insurance you'll be able to keep it. (2013)
Also omitted will likely be the scandalous passage of the Affordable Care
Act and Jonathan Gruber, an "architect" of Obamacare explaining that “Lack
of transparency is a huge political advantage,” Gruber said. “And basically,
call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was
really, really critical for the thing to pass.”
We can anticipate that erased from the narrative will be the fact that the tradeoff for the faux achievement of covering those with pre-existing conditions was Obama's cave to the insurance lobby (AHIP, 2008) that an unholy alliance with the insurance industry would be formed and the US federal government would force people to purchase the consumer product of health insurance in exchange for the willingness of the insurance industry's agreement to offer insurance policies to those with pre-existing conditions.
Obama happily complied with insurance lobby demands and the Supreme Court upheld that nasty little partnership when it painfully twisted the reality of the individual mandate penalty by simply changing the narrative and saying it was a tax so that the provision could be upheld.
Uncovered by the based on true events, narrator Obama will likely ignore the consumer burden of the no-end-in-sight cost of prescription drugs.
Uncovered by the based on true events, narrator Obama will likely ignore the fact that enrollment in Obamacare health plans, NOT including enrollment in expanded Medicaid programs, has always been anemic never nearing the alleged 49 million uninsured (which number was adjusted downward by the Obama government in 2015).
Uncovered by the based on true events, the narrator Obama will likely ignore the fact that out-of-pocket expenses for consumers have also ballooned (aside from those eligible for government supported Obamacare and Medicaid) with everyone else paying more for deductibles, coinsurance, copays and premiums.
Obama is a great narrative composer and has misled the American public through his half-truth storytelling and narrative concoctions with a brazen confidence that his Dem pals will follow in lockstep and that the American public will remain "stupid." Worthy of his Netflix deal, Obama did plenty wrong and has decided to "fix it" through storytelling and narrative with the cooperation of his cronies and fans.
The Democrats have honored the dishonest legacy of Obama's style and its apparent success in fooling the American people with many less skilled storytellers, including our current President. Republicans have also enabled the stories and naturally, have many of their own, but without the widespread media support, censorship and manipulation.
We all like a good story, but we've become a nation of narrative rather than information, the good, the bad and the ugly that true information must leave room for in order for us to have enough self-respect to stop being stupid. Half-truths are lies.
So let's not say Obamacare "improved " things unless we understand that Obamacare caused a lot of damage in addition to creating a dangerous alliance between government and insurance salespeople and lobbyists.
Let's not say how great Obamacare is for the population of Obamacare signups without acknowledging the devastating cost increases to the hundreds of millions of our population who are not part of the measly 13.8 million enrolled this year in Obamacare.
Let's not self-congratulate that 2022's 13.8 million is the highest number of enrollees on Obamacare plans without noting that it was only because of the expanded thresholds designed to make more people eligible for government payouts under Obamacare health plans.
If you miss Obama, whether it's his scolding schoolteacher tone, his preacher tone or his politician tone, then have at it. If you're looking for some fresh from the garden good old-fashioned storytelling, have at it. If you're thinking of progress (as in moving forward, not simply trading one thing for another), likely you'll have to pass on the Obama entertainment and do some fact-searching.
