ObamaCare may be the law, but a major resistance movement has already sprouted across the United States, says Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute.
- On Election Day, public approval of the law only stood at 38 percent.
- However, Mitt Romney was unable to capitalize on the unpopular provisions such as the individual mandate, employee mandate and state-run exchanges.
- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) expects at least 6 million people to pay the initial $95 fine rather than purchase health insurance.
Opposition to the law continues to harden in several institutions. In Congress, several lawmakers are coming together to try and repeal and replace ObamaCare. For example, House committees are conducting investigations of improper spending.
Individual states have also begun to take measures that oppose the health care law. At least 21 states have expressed that they will not create health exchanges. Furthermore, many states have opted out of expanding Medicaid.
Moreover, many businesses have come out in opposition of the law. The fact that companies with more than 50 employees have to pay a penalty for not offering insurance has caused uproar. If a company does not provide insurance, it must pay a steep penalty of $2,000 per employee. As a result, many companies have begun to fire full-time employees or fill vacant spots with part-time workers.
Some religious institutions have also come out against ObamaCare. The Catholic Church, for example, opposes the administration’s decision to force employers to provide access to contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs at no cost. About 40 lawsuits have been initiated by Catholic dioceses and other organizations that claim it violates the First Amendment.
Even with the law in place, the mounting coalition against it will severely undercut the effectiveness of the law. It requires willing states and individuals to fully participate in the law’s mandates for it to provide health care for individuals that are uninsured.
Source: Grace-Marie Turner, “A Resistance Movement Rises Up Against ObamaCare,” Forbes, December 24, 2012.
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Your major resistance movement lost a major election. What happened?
Don’t follow leaders, pay the parking meters.
Yes sir Terry… your side won…. Its 1932 all over again. the Trains are running on time again. Get on board the Lebensraum Express….
Its good times ahead… the People will have full larders and full bellies.
The Rich (the Jews) will pay their fair share.
Yep Terry your side won…. Are you proud!!!
We’re all a majority of one. There are no major movements representing either one of us. That’s only a fantasy.
You are right Comrade, it is…. “One People, One Nation, One Leader”
Get on board the Love Train…..
Work shall set you free!
How many nations do you live in? How many leaders do you follow?
I live in a Representative Federal Republic. I live in the Republic of California. California is one member of that Federal Republic, we call the United States of America.
As a free man I follow no leader, Liberty allows me to be free and independent of both a need for a leader or I’m thinking a party. I elect people that I believe best represent my interests. My record on winning those elections as of late have not been good.
Cora best represents your interests. The rest is just a side show.
Your slip is showing………
Keep your eyes on your own plate….and your show is slipping. Now go have a movement. Hopefully with no resistance.
… and I called the movement …. Terry
I don’t need to know how you entertain yourself in the bathroom.