Obama
promised early on that he would enroll in Obamacare, and apparently expects the
public to view his enrollment as an act of leadership. But keep in mind
Obama and his family are covered by another, better, federal plan and so none
of them needs Obamacare. In other words, his Obamacare enrollment is a
meaningless act that signifies nothing. It’s empty showmanship, not
“leadership.”
However, it’s important that everyone at least read down to the 4th
paragraph of the Washington Post article. You will
find that Obama did NOT enroll Michelle or either of their two children.
Besides not
needing Obamacare, I think there's another reason Obama decided not to enroll
his family. Obama knows everyone's
personal information on the government websites is ridiculously vulnerable to
hackers. So of course he chose to protect his family members’
privacy. Given his situation, that’s a simple choice.
But Americans
who qualify for subsidized premiums thru an Exchange don't have a simple choice
not to enroll family members. These Americans only have the
"choice" (1) to buy subsidized insurance they can afford - and expose
their whole family’s health, financial, and tax information to hackers
- or (2) stay out of the Exchanges and be unable to find insurance they
can afford.
Some choice.
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