Cash-for-Clunkers is a warning sign against Obamacare

Who couldn't have foreseen that the government wouldn't fulfill it's promises to dealers regarding the Cash-for-Clunkers catastrophe?

NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in getting reimbursed by the government, a dealership group said Wednesday.

The Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, which represents dealerships in the New York metro area, said about half its 425 members have left the program because they cannot afford to offer more rebates. They're also worried about getting repaid.

"(The government) needs to move the system forward and they need to start paying these dealers," said Mark Schienberg, the group's president. "This is a cash-dependent business."

The program offers up to $4,500 to shoppers who trade in vehicles getting 18 mpg or less for a more fuel-efficient car or truck. Dealers pay the rebates out of pocket, then must wait to be reimbursed by the government. But administrative snags and heavy paperwork have created a backlog of unpaid claims.

Schienberg said the group's dealers have been repaid for only about 2 percent of the clunkers deals they've made so far.

Many dealers have said they are worried they won't get repaid at all, while others have waited so long to get reimbursed they don't have the cash to fund any more rebates, Schienberg said.

Obama bragged about how popular the program was when it ran through $1billion dollars in 4 days but, if the dealers didn't get reimbursed, where'd all that money go?
Doctors' offices who're thinking of supporting the nationalized health-care disaster of Obama's, should take a long, hard look at the Cash-for-Clunkers program when it comes time to get reimbursed for medical services provided.