Obamacare is hated by Republicans today mainly for things it doesn't include -- like death panels, and mandated coverage of abortions. But they also focus to their detriment on contraceptive coverage that most women, Repub and Dem alike, want covered by private insurance. Meanwhile, true liberals like moi don't like Obamacare because it's not a single-payer system, and there is no public option (aka "Medicare for all") to provide real competition with private insurance and show which would provide the best outcomes for the lowest price.
Concludes Kleinke:
The real problem with the health care plan — for Mr. Romney and the Republicans in general — is that political credit for it goes to Mr. Obama. Now, Mr. Romney is in a terrible fix trying to spin his way out of this paradox and tear down something he knows is right — something for which he ought to be taking great political credit of his own.
By J.D. Kleinke
September 29, 2012 | New York Times
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