Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson's remarks this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe blasting the Affordable Care Act are just the latest indication that, despite the fact that the ACA is the law of the land, Republicans in Washington (and Tallahassee) are still in denial about it.
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Johnson said that he doesn't believe the estimates of how much President Obama's signature domestic achievement will ultimately cost. “I think far more Americans are going to lose their employer-sponsored care, because there are incentives for employers to drop their coverage and make their employees eligible for huge subsidies and exchanges. I think this is going to explode our deficit, I think this is going to lead to rationing. It will lead to rationing, lower quality of care.”
Similar statements were expressed on Fox News Sunday by Paul Ryan, the Republicans House Budget Chairman, in defending his new budget plan (to be unveiled Tuesday) that calls for repealing Obamacare.
This article appears in Mar 7-13, 2013.