John C. Goodman: “In the first two years of the Obama presidency, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and they had a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. It was a perfect opportunity to satisfy the ideological goals of their left wing base. But no reform is possible without the support of the core special interest constituencies. So we got national health reform completely designed by special interests! I can’t emphasize this enough. The people being helped by Obamacare (the uninsured) had absolutely no input into the design of the Affordable Came Act. The health reform bill was completely and totally designed by people who were already insured and who had an economic interest in making sure health reform was good for them. The result, of course, has been a big mess. Such a mess that Democratic candidates in this last election were on the defensive about Obamacare from the git go. Hardly any were bragging about the fact that about 10 million people have been newly insured. Instead, they were more apt to say, ‘Mend it don’t end it.’ Even that message didn’t seem to help.”