3 ms·

I think the administration was worried if they didn't launch on schedule at the start of the shutdown/ceiling fight they might have to accept house republicans

by spikels 13y ago

I think the administration was worried if they didn't launch on schedule at the start of the shutdown/ceiling fight they might have to accept house republicans demands of a delay in the ACA. Apparently they were gambling the problems wouldn't be discovered until after the shutdown/ceiling fight was over. They won the gamble and the ACA survived but the problems remain and fixing them looks challenging.

hga 13y ago
That's for completely supporting my point that this was a political decision. But I'd say the jury is out on the wisdom of this decision. A Healthcare.gov launch delay would have joined a bunch of other delays and waivers, and ... well, you and I don't seem to live in the same universe, I don't see any scenario where Obama and the Senate Dems would have been forced to accept anything they didn't want. There's in fact more than a little worry from the liberal side of things that this most recent crushing of the eGOP was a step too far, e.g. http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2013/10/16/the-third-party/ http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2013/10/16/the-third-par... which I'm just starting to try to grok.