As Republicans shut down the U.S. government last week because they couldn't block the Affordable Care Act, Americans in droves were voting with their feet.
Or, more precisely, with their fingertips on computer keyboards as visitors swamped the online health insurance marketplaces that opened Oct. 1.
Millions of people couldn't wait to shop for affordable health insurance. Who'd have thought it?
Not the Republican detractors, including our own Sen. Mitch McConnell, who saw the overwhelmed websites as a sign of failure — like a "trip to the DMV," McConnell sniffed — rather than a sign of pent-up demand.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
So, there is demand for health care
A good editorial from the Herald-Leader:
