Local news doing it right
by digby
Honestly, I can never get over this one small fact: the Republicans are having a full blown hysterical meltdown because Democrats passed a law to help people get health care. Health care!
The good news is that unlike the national political media, it appears local news is just reporting reality rather than process mumbo jumbo about the GOP hissy fit:
Think Progress collected the headlines:
CONNECTICUT: Health Care Plans Begin: 28,000-Plus Go Online To State Marketplace [Hartford Courant]
GEORGIA: Enrollment Sites Are Swamped On First Day [The Augusta Chronicle]
IDAHO: Idaho Health Exchange Launches With Few Hiccups[Idaho Statesman]
INDIANA: Insurance Marketplace Draws Strong Early Interest[Journal and Courier]
KENTUCKY: Kynect Opens To High Demand [The Courier-Journal]
MAINE: Insurance Marketplace Opens To Flood Of Interest[Bangor Daily News]
DELAWARE: Off And Running In New Market: Website Overwhelmed On First Day Of Access [The News Journal]
MICHIGAN: Insurance Exchange Debut Draws Millions [The Detroit News]
NEW MEXICO: Obamacare: Plenty Of Interest, A Bevy Of Computer Snags [Carlsbad Current-Argus]
COLORADO: Heavy Traffic Slows Health Website On Debut Day [The Durango Herald]
FLORIDA: Website Are Overwhelmed As Many Log On, But Optimism Is Voiced [Tampa Bay Times]
ARIZONA: Health Markets Swamped On Day 1 [The Arizona Republic]
CALIFORNIA: Millions Try To Enroll [The Bakersfield Californian]
CALIFORNIA: Healthcare Exchange Off To Busy Start [Los Angeles Times]ALABAMA: State Insurance Marketplace Swamped With Consumer Interest[The Anniston Star]
RHODE ISLAND: Strong Interest On First Day Of R.I. Exchange[The Providence Journal]
SOUTH CAROLINA Health Insurance Website Overwhelmed On First Day [The State]
VIRGINIA: Markets Open For Business [Daily News-Record]
WISCONSIN: Insurance Exchanges Slowed By Demand [Green Bay Press-Gazette]
WISCONSIN: Wis. Residents Flood Exchanges [Stevens Point Journal]
OHIO: High Volume, Glitches Mark ACA’s First Day [Dayton Daily News]
PENNSYLVANIA: A First-Day Rush On Health Care [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
NEW YORK: Overloaded Website Delays Health Exchange Enrollment [The Epoch Times]
NORTH CAROLINA: Heavy Demand Stymies Health Care Law Rollout [The Fayetteville Observer]
Texas: Texans Sign Up Through Exchange [The Brownsville Herald]
I can vouch for the fact that here in Southern California the news coverage has been very straight forward: millions are interested, the rollout has a few glitches, but all in all it’s going very well. The horror, the horror.
Meanwhile, Michelle Bachman is clinging to 80 year old WWII veterans like a Tiberian bat trying to pretend she is helping them in some way byshutting down the government. Rabbit hole, meet Alice.
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