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There are bad reviews and then there are bad reviews.  But it would be difficult to imagine some worse headlines than the ones Obamacare has received during the past month. My favorite for over-the-top headline?  How about this gem from the National Journal: “ Why Obamacare May Be Obama’s Katrina, Iraq .” That’s right.  An initiative to insure millions of Americans has been equated with the most frightening American natural and man-made disasters of the 21 st century.  In a world in which we have come to expect tight plotlines, heroic successes, and quick and satisfying endings, I imagine that a blockbuster like Obamacare was never going appeal to critics. The Obamacare story is being reported this month as if it were a classic disaster movie, with millions of people about to be left out in the cold to fend for themselves in a chaotic healthcare system as Obamacare exchanges crash and burn around them. But that’s not close to reality. This we...

There are bad reviews and then there are bad reviews.  But it would be difficult to imagine some worse headlines than the ones Obamacare has received during the past month. My favorite for over-the-top headline?  How about this gem from the National Journal: “ Why Obamacare May Be Obama’s Katrina, Iraq .” That’s right.  An initiative to insure millions of Americans has been equated with the most frightening American natural and man-made disasters of the 21 st century.  In a world in which we have come to expect tight plotlines, heroic successes, and quick and satisfying endings, I imagine that a blockbuster like Obamacare was never going appeal to critics. The Obamacare story is being reported this month as if it were a classic disaster movie, with millions of people about to be left out in the cold to fend for themselves in a chaotic healthcare system as Obamacare exchanges crash and burn around them. But that’s not close to reality. This we...