Why Am I Only Reading This Now?

The Roanoke Times on ObamaCare, in March:

But that noise aside, the bill is passed. It will become the law of the land. And the American people will start to see the good the bill will accomplish. They will also come to realize how dishonest the Republican caricature of the bill was.

The nation now has the opportunity to discover the truth about health care reform -- and about those who opposed it.

And discovering the truth we are.

Appearing in that same Roanoke Times this morning:

Medicaid costs to take bite out of Va.

Richmond -- More than 800,000 low-income Virginians depend on it to stay healthy. It costs more than the state's college system and prisons. And signs are that Virginia's Medicaid program is only going to grow even more, thanks to the federal health care overhaul and other trends.

Even though the federal government is expected to pay a large share of Medicaid expenses under the health care overhaul, Virginia will see higher costs as well. Between 2014 and 2022, the additional state costs are estimated to be $1.5 billion.

[Dr. William Hazel, Virginia's health and human resources secretary] has said Virginia's Medicaid rolls could grow by 270,000 to 425,000 recipients in the coming years under the new requirements.

There are those who claimed - whether willfully or ignorantly - that Obama could dramatically increase the number of dependents on the government health care dole, dramatically improve their health care, and yet dramatically reduce costs.

There are those of us who said they were stark-raving nuts.

To revisit the Roanoke Times declaration: "The nation now has the opportunity to discover the truth about health care reform -- and about those who opposed it."  We now know the truth.  It is as those of us who opposed it predicted it would be.  DISASTROUS.

Will an apology be forthcoming?