++President Obama took his victory lap at a press conference announcing that 7.1 million had signed up for ACA. With "Big F**cking" Deal" Joe Biden beside his side,he said,"There is no reason to go back."
++Saying History was not kind to those who stood in the way of progress, President Obama said that those who opposed the law should explain why people should go back to being uninsured, denied insurance for pre-existing conditions,or go bankrupt for health care. Good questions.
++He said that ACA was here to stay. He said he would be working on those states which deny their citizens health insurance, referring to the red states, which haven't allowed over 7 million people to take advantage of Medicaid expansion.
++Andrew Sullivan today on The Dish called this a generational change in the United States and quoted the CBO that by 2017 over 30 million people would be insured through the ACA.
++President Obama reverted to his campaign theme that change in hard and sometimes people will prefer the devil they know to those they don't. He credited the thousands of volunteers who went around the country getting people to sign up. "We didn't have billions of dollars for ads like the law's critics" with a zinger at the Koch-funded ads.
++He rattled off the positive of the ACA and noted that seniors had saved $10 billion on prescription drugs and that 100 million Americans had already benefited from preventive care.
++The victory lap has been preceded by HHS employees cracking open bottles of champagne in the morning when the first results were in.
++Bravo, President Obama, Well Done.
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