In addition to higher and higher costs associated with Obamacare, just administering it would have bankrupted any private sector company. It is unbelievable how much money is being wasted on the ACA (Abominable Healthcare Atrocity), and how liberals still back it up. Billions spent already. The costs will be phenomenal. Over $5 Billion and Counting for Obamacare Websites: You thought Healthcare.gov had problems?A handful of state-run exchange websiteswhich cost nearly half a billion dollars to buildstill dont work, nearly seven months after they first went live.Largely inoperable state exchange websites in Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon and Nevada have racked up $474 million federal tax dollars so far, Politico first reported. The costs will continue to climb as states scramble to salvage the flailing websites or transition onto the federal exchange.Related: Millions Wasted on Broken Obamacare WebsitesMaryland will spend an additional $40 million to save its website, which has already cost $90 million. Nevada has spent $50 million to date and will decide in the coming weeks how much more it will spend on repair efforts. Massachusetts will pour an additional $121 million into fixing its severely troubled state portal, while also using the federal portal as a back up plan. More...
I agree all they needed to do was have insurers post their plans and then let people enroll directly or for Medicaid via local health departments (or if there are HMO programs for that let insurers do the enrolling) take away the middle man so to speak.
