After the administration announced that they will allow policy holders of health insurance to be reinstated many states have announced that they will not be able to accomodate that fix. Why? It could be ideological but also a logistical issue. States primarly goverrn insurance law not the federal government. Many states say that complying with the new fix would destablize the insurance markets.
Many republicans opposed Obamacare because the goverment does not do a very good job of the logistics that this type of system requires. There should have been more time spent consulting with the OLC(Office of Legislative Counsel). The OLC is a non-partisan office of the United States congress that is responsible for providing legal and research services for members of congress in which they desire to see the feasibility of proposed legislation.
Sadly the real problem is not the website although the roll out of the website has been a disaster. The most unpopular and most important and costly parts of the law has yet to be realized. I think it would be smart for republicans to allow this law to fail because it will be clear that it was the democrats who will have to defend the bill. It will also allow the GOP to craft their own bill. I think that the other major problem is that the individual mandate is requring too many things that are part of the minimum coverage requirement.
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