LIVE RADIO NOW: Obamacare Not A Website - Liberals, Stop Hyperventilating

[egbertowillies]

This week’s show

Today I decided to title the show “Obamacare Not A Website”. I wrote a fairly lengthy piece for the DailyKOS that will drop at 3:30 CST on Sunday. The piece concerns the coverage of the buggy release of healthcare.gov. My listeners get a sneak preview.

I was especially upset at the coverage by journalists I really respect and have learned a lot from like Ezra Klein, Ryan Lizza, and a few others. They were hyperventilating on little information. They acted like the website was the definition of Obamacare. Joan Walsh caused an uproar when she had the same concerns and called them out. She was unfairly excoriated and received some misogynistic tweets.

Krystal Ball had a virtual meltdown on MSNBC. Hers however seemed to come from unrealistic expectations for a site this complex. Other ‘Liberal attacks’ came from a Liberal Ivory Tower purity brigade. I want to explore this among other related topics. Ultimately I will tell you how you can get coverage today.

Obamacare is not just a website.

The President was absolutely correct. Obamacare is not a website. Obamacare is much more. The website is buggy but getting better every day. I check it every day. What is interesting is that the website affects potentially 15 percent of Americans while all the other merits of the law affect 100% of Americans. The 15% are those that have been yearning for coverage. Poor reporting puts unnecessary stress on these folks when we know ultimately things will be made fine. It is the law.

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[freshwest]

1. Thanks! K & R.

[Doctor_J]

2. Darrell Issa is one of the Liberal Purity Brigade?

I thought he was one of the main complainers. Why are the BOGers bashing liberals, besides the fact that's what they always do?

[CTyankee]

4. I think the BOGers have a point.

What is worrisome is the possible discouragement of the young, healthy people who must enroll in order for the program to be successful. Krystall Ball made this point on Up with Steve Kornacki today and that is a very liberal show. Obviously, they will be somewhat if not more than somewhat less interested than the people who have pre-existing conditions. If the young healthy ones give up because it's too difficult, then there is a problem.

As I see it. this is our golden opportunity because if we get ACA we have a real shot at single payer, universal health care right down the road...

[Cha]

3. Mahalo egbertowillies!