The ACA was the catalyst to many people seeing their hours cut, and those that did get healthcare were often stuck with HMOs that hired doctors directly instead of letting people find independent providers.
The ACA was designed so that people would get a warped idea of what public healthcare was, and ask for a repeal. The whole thing was an OP.
Implementing actual universal healthcare, like every other developed nation, was the right answer. Now that is harder than ever because most people aren't policy experts and this has made it harder to explain what good healthcare actually is.
As a Canadian whose Healthcare system is in the process of being dismantled I agree, but why blame Obama when the only reason such half measures were necessary is because of the republican leeches who have somehow brainwashed half your population. I mean fuck, get a decent third party option already also, because democrats definitely aren't saints, but Jesus if you can't tell the difference between someone trying to throw you crumbs and someone who is actively stealing the crumbs from you and blaming the other person, then you deserve what you get.
Why stand up for Obama? He's a narcissist who did a ton of awful shit. The ACA may have threw some crumbs, but the loaf of bread went straight to the insurance companies.
The ACA wasn't really designed. That was the core problem with the early Obama administration - the guy was a lecturer on constitutional law and naively believed that congress could come up with a coherent plan with minimal leadership from the executive branch. That's how it works on paper, but in practice congress needs to be led.
Universal health care wasn't on the table. They tried that back in '93 and it was obvious that the small majority they held in both houses wouldn't be enough to overcome the fight they'd have from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. So Obama just waved vaguely in the direction of Romney's health care bill in Massachusetts (thinking Republicans would play along with creating a national version of their own party's legislation) and told congress to get to work.
It's a pity, because I think they could have pulled off a single payer solution if they'd gotten their act together.
The ACA was the catalyst to many people seeing their hours cut, and those that did get healthcare were often stuck with HMOs that hired doctors directly instead of letting people find independent providers.
The ACA was designed so that people would get a warped idea of what public healthcare was, and ask for a repeal. The whole thing was an OP.
Implementing actual universal healthcare, like every other developed nation, was the right answer. Now that is harder than ever because most people aren't policy experts and this has made it harder to explain what good healthcare actually is.
As a Canadian whose Healthcare system is in the process of being dismantled I agree, but why blame Obama when the only reason such half measures were necessary is because of the republican leeches who have somehow brainwashed half your population. I mean fuck, get a decent third party option already also, because democrats definitely aren't saints, but Jesus if you can't tell the difference between someone trying to throw you crumbs and someone who is actively stealing the crumbs from you and blaming the other person, then you deserve what you get.
Don't blame me, I voted for the PSL.
Why stand up for Obama? He's a narcissist who did a ton of awful shit. The ACA may have threw some crumbs, but the loaf of bread went straight to the insurance companies.
The ACA wasn't really designed. That was the core problem with the early Obama administration - the guy was a lecturer on constitutional law and naively believed that congress could come up with a coherent plan with minimal leadership from the executive branch. That's how it works on paper, but in practice congress needs to be led.
Universal health care wasn't on the table. They tried that back in '93 and it was obvious that the small majority they held in both houses wouldn't be enough to overcome the fight they'd have from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. So Obama just waved vaguely in the direction of Romney's health care bill in Massachusetts (thinking Republicans would play along with creating a national version of their own party's legislation) and told congress to get to work.
It's a pity, because I think they could have pulled off a single payer solution if they'd gotten their act together.
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