{"id":6230,"date":"2017-06-26T14:29:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=6230"},"modified":"2017-06-26T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:30:29","slug":"obamacare-works-if-leaders-try-to-make-it-work-and-if-they-try-to-destroy-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/obamacare-works-if-leaders-try-to-make-it-work-and-if-they-try-to-destroy-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Obamacare Works if Leaders Try to Make it Work.  But What About if They Try to Destroy It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6232\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/obamacare-works-if-leaders-try-to-make-it-work-and-if-they-try-to-destroy-it\/obamacare-is-working\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Obamacare-Is-Working.jpg?fit=530%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"530,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Obamacare Is Working\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Joe Raedle | Getty Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Obamacare-Is-Working.jpg?fit=530%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6232\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Obamacare-Is-Working-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Obamacare-Is-Working.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Obamacare-Is-Working.jpg?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Raedle | Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Make no mistake. \u00a0Obamacare has made health care available to 20-plus million folks and works long term if those in charge try to make it work. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/main-gop-argument-against-obamacare-is-a-lie\/\">The exchanges are NOT collapsing.<\/a> \u00a0Here&#8217;s the latest example, this one from Washington\u00a0State.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One more time&#8230; ACA markets have real problems. But they are fixable and, in the meantime, officials who try to make them work usually can. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vjwz0sGi1N\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vjwz0sGi1N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenCohn\/status\/879376187075723264\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But nationally we are witnessing a tug-of-war between responsible, compassionate grown-ups on the one hand and Trump&#8217;s GOP on the other. \u00a0Trump and his congressional enablers (or is he the enabler here? \u00a0There&#8217;s lots of evidence for the notion that he cares not at all what&#8217;s in the bill as long as his name is on it) are doing their very best to make Obamacare fail.\u00a0\u00a0They intend to kill it, and it will not be a victimless crime.<\/p>\n<p>We may be about to find out how much damage malice married to power can do.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This threat is and always has been, to borrow a term, mean: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38UsWkKUQR\">https:\/\/t.co\/38UsWkKUQR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60QISQ69bn\">https:\/\/t.co\/60QISQ69bn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffYoung\/status\/879366758263607298\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/obamacare-works-if-leaders-try-to-make-it-work-and-if-they-try-to-destroy-it\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 6230,  \"nonce\": \"d03d089818\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"Obamacare Works if Leaders Try to Make it Work.  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