NYT Calls Not Fixing ObamaCare via Legislation ‘Partisan Gridlock’ — but it’s really Bi-Partisan Agreement not to Touch ObamaCare with a 10 Foot Pole

“The New York Times calls fixing ObamaCare via legislation, “partisan gridlock.” In reality, it is bi-partisan agreement, not to touch the ObamaCare law with a ten-foot pole:

Republicans simply want to see the entire law go away and will not take part in adjusting it. Democrats are petrified of reopening a politically charged law that threatens to derail careers as the Republicans once again seize on it before an election year.

As a result, a landmark law that almost everyone agrees has flaws is likely to take effect unchanged.

“I don’t think it can be fixed,” Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said in an interview. “Everything is interconnected, 2,700 pages of statute, 20,000 pages of regulations so far. The only solution is to repeal it, root and branch.”

Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and one of the law’s primary authors, said: “I’m not sure we’re going to get to the point where it’s time to open the bill and make some changes. Once you start, it’s Pandora’s box.”