There is truth to this to some extent, but of course it is only a half truth.

I recently videotaped another seminar from a major health care purchasers organization. The overall theme for this year's meeting was "Navigating Uncertainty... Sustainable Employer Actions in Turbulent Times."

These are people from all different perspectives and from around the country who REALLY know health care. The complexity of the issues are vast, so sorry RobVG, reform wouldn't fit on a five page memo.

The top purchaser from Intel said the company is attempting to work with other companies to use their collective leverage to force providers into more efficient forms of health care delivery. One thing he mentioned was using apps to provide service whenever possible rather than personal visits every time. This would cut costs enormously.

One of the main points made is Obamacare has in fact bent the overall cost curve of healthcare downward from where it was headed before reform. Obviously it's still rising but at a slower rate. It is also working in the sense that more results-driven medicine is being practiced. Companies were bailing out of providing health care plans in droves before Obamacare because of the crushing costs. Really try to let that sink in. Costs were rising faster BEFORE than they are now. It's still bad but not as bad.

Bottom line: Obamacare is far from perfect but is better than what it replaced. Health care costs were causing hiring slow downs for the last decade. What we had before was a slow motion national train wreck.