sucked for a long time before Obama....because the government is not suited to administer proper healthcare. And since their failure was well known at the time, Obama knew it. He should have seen what was going to come from his Obamacare as should have all Dems. You were all warned. You all had a specific example in front of you, yet you all chose the political victory at the expense of the country.
i personally think that Obama knew that it would be a disaster, and that he wanted to go the socialist/communist government route for healthcare. He likely figured that the mess would force us to have to do it. But he underestimated how strong we really were. The US healthcare was seriously wounded, but fights on with an anchor around it's neck.