Archive for October 30th, 2013

“Don’t tell me that words don’t matter”

October 30, 2013

Flashback to February 2008 …

To counter Hillary’s snark that he was all words and no substance – Candidate Obama gave a moving speech re: how much words matter.

The punch line:

“I’m running for president of the United States of America … because the American people want to believe in change again. Don’t tell me
words don’t matter!”   Transcript

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So, why would I bring that up today?

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“The system is working” … oh, really?

October 30, 2013

Let me be very specific …

Yesterday, Marilyn Tavenner — head of CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), responsible for “systems integration” for Healthcare.gov and other ObamaCare applications – said flat out:

“The system working albeit slower and less accurately than hoped.” CNN

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Hmmm.

First reaction, except for speed and accuracy … what is there?

Teased, I couldn’t resist temptation.

So, I broke down and went to Healthcare.gov.

Here’s what I got …

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