The Noise Machine and The Affordable Care Act

The Republican noise machine and their leading surrogate, the Fox News Network continue to try and undermine the Affordable Care Act and the Obama administration in general concerning the start up and the problems that have been encountered along the way.  The noise has been ignored by the uninsured who have already signed up and are satisfied with the results.  Having a chance to obtain health insurance is what is important to their cause and if more of the uninsured would follow that lead and tune out the negative voices the noise machine would die a painful death. 

The President and democrats in congress should make it clear the Affordable Care Act will be implemented despite the republican noise and that the President will veto any bill that comes to his desk even if some democratics join in passing a bill that would effectively kill the Act.  The President and democratic party are on the right side of this issue and should not let next years congressional elections scare them. 

Those insurance companies who semt out cancellation notices to their policy holders and failed to inform them they had an option with the ACA are not good corporate citizens nor honest ones.  The policy holders who received cancellation letters need to step up and find out just what options they do have with the ACA.  It would be worth while to investigate and find out on their own so they can get a handle on the facts.  Insurance companies are monopolies and they will not do any thing on their own to help the cause of the uninsured.

The noise machine and Fox News have no credibility on the subject matter because of the hatred they have for the President.  Understanding the past is still the key to the future.  Republican cooperation with President Obama has been non existing in the past five years, so for them, the future is like the past.  President Obama and the democrats in congress will be on their own so it will be up to them to stay the course and take the fight to the republican party and their noise machine.


This commentary written by John Lucia