If you find yourself scratching your head and wondering, “what was that all about, exactly,” you’ll find plenty of company – both here, and around the world, as we come to the end of a 16-day federal government shutdown. With almost no constructive changes, whatsoever.
In a way, this is a good thing for professionals in the benefits world: The name-calling, the stampeding, the stomping of feet and even a probably well-deserved total public breakdown for a House stenographer had almost no actual impact on the provisions, delivery or rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Which was, allegedly, at the core of the whole showdown in the first place.
