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The “law of the land” is off the bargaining table, as far as Senate Democrats and the Obama administration are concerned. House Republicans have demanded changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, as part of any budget deal to end the partial federal government shutdown and increase the debt ceiling. Despite this month’s disastrous Internet rollout of federal-state health insurance exchanges; public outrage with higher premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses after a promise of reduced costs; and scaled back provider networks that are forcing Americans to find new doctors, Democratic leaders are adamant that no changes to Obamacare will be considered. Even proposals to delay or repeal Obamacare’s job-killing medical device tax, backed by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, have been rejected.