Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, now realizes ObamaCare is a debacle, or as he put it: “a huge train wreck coming.”
.Watch this 2-minute video clip of his sobering comments to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Here’s how the Huffington Post characterized his comments and what occurred in the hearing.
Baucus is the first top Democrat to publicly voice fears about the rollout of the new health care law, designed to bring coverage to some 30 million uninsured Americans through a mix of government programs and tax credits for private insurance that start next year.
The six-term Democrat is also expected to face a tough re-election in 2014. Baucus is still trying to recover from approval ratings that nosedived amid displeasure with the health care law in his home state.
Meantime, Sebelius claims everything is fine and dandy.
“I don’t know what he’s looking at,” Sebelius told reporters following her out of the room after Baucus adjourned the hearing. “But we are on track to fully implement marketplaces in Jan. 2014, and to be open for open enrollment.”
