The POTUS is playing ‘eeny, meeny, miny, moe’ with the implementation of his signature healthcare legislation.
President Obama’s decision to delay implementation of certain parts of Obamacare until after the 2014 midterm elections reveals that he views the law as “a smorgasbord of options,” according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell appeared on “Meet the Press” this week, and host David Gregory asked about the Minority Leader’s letter to the National Football League, asking them not to help promote Obamacare. Gregory argued that McConnell should be supportive of ways for people to better understand the healthcare act, but the Kentucky Senator said Obama’s choice to delay implementation reveals the legislation’s flaws.
“The President himself seems to not think parts of the law ought to be implemented,” McConnell said. “I mean, he is selectively delaying parts of it as if it’s all just kind of a smorgasbord of options for him to figure out which ones to execute and which part of the law not to.”
McConnell also reiterated that the Republicans in the Senate are committed to repealing the healthcare law.
“It’s a massive, complicated, unpopular bill,” said McConnell. “Obviously, if we had the votes we would repeal it.”
Gregory then decided to debate McConnell, bizarrely asking him why he wouldn’t “want to see it [Obamacare] implemented as best it could be despite the fact that you disagree with it?”
McConnell responded by asking why such a ‘great law’ is being delayed from implementation.
“I wonder why the President himself is delaying various parts of it,” said McConnell. “He, you could argue, is not executing or implementing the law that he thinks is such a wonderful thing for the country.”
Last week, the administration announced it would push back the implementation of the Obamacare employer mandate until after the 2014 midterm elections — a move the White House portrayed the decision as a way to give employers more time for compliance. Republicans, however, have pointed to it as evidence that the healthcare law has serious issues.
“Look, this is a big controversial issue,” McConnell told Gregory. “It’s not going away. It’s in all likelihood going to be the premier issue in the 2014 election. The American people dislike it even more now than they did when it was passed, and they hope that the Congress will respond to their desire to stop this train wreck before it happens.”
