"Yeah thanks for the opportunity to compete for a lot of new customers who have big federal subsidy checks and we are wary of a new unchartered competitive enviroment and have been putting in massive efforts to control costs but we think this law does nothing to control costs."

Ummm the mandate isn't popular in poll after poll.

true, its very unpopular. was at a party tonight and everyone hated it, lol sample size of course. but there was a wingnut kind of hatred to it. shocking, people dont like being forced into a system that could hurt you.

Read the intrade comments on the mandate last few days. Basically the smart posters are calling out the echo chamber for running up the price.

This post is like every argument I've ever made for Obamacare in the least amount of words possible. Well played.

Well, ok, next time add something about how socialized medicine already works for every other wealthy nation, old ppl, etc.

But still very well done.

obama care suffers from the republican primary telling everyone how evil it is. tons of ads like 250 million spent against it. people love a winner and so right now when the iron is hot obama is going to have to really explain what a great thing for the country insuring all those millions of people will be since we are one nation under God.

Obama's spin machine is going to have advantage on everything but possibility the economy. Republican talking points are tired and xenophobic.

What do you think all of these poor people who think there is a 10% chance he is Muslim going to do when they realize they now have healthcare?

vote for Mittens

You haven't seen the republican revelation that ordering the raid that killed bin laden was LOL easy?

Of course not. Actually paying for things people do like is never very popular, because Americans are children.

I know but a large portion of american's have no idea what is in the healthcare bill and when they figure out they are getting free **** they will be happy. On top of that the republicans will have a candidate that instituted close to the same thing in his own state so he will not have a leg to stand on. He is going to sound ridiculous trying to win that debate with the word 'obamacare' on its own.

Also, just straight-up mandated lower profit margins for insurance companies. They, like, actually have to pay benefits or give their customers a refund.

Pretty sure this is basically what happened.

oh cool we are still teaching people what obamacare does