Sarah Kliff has a good post on why Democrats are holding back on selling Obamacare as a success. The short answer is that Obamacare hasn't really begun yet, so most Dems are waiting until people can actually go sign up for healthcare on the exchanges before they promote its benefits. Good plan.
But this leaves me with a question: Are Democrats concerned that people won't sign up for the healthcare exchanges? It doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that moderately healthy Republicans will personally boycott their use (at the urging of party leaders) as a way to protest the law. Could this happen at a scale that triggers the, so called, "death spiral"? I remember this Alec Macgillis piece from a few years ago, but I would be interested to know if strong political opposition to Obamacare is raising concerns.
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