While the ACA was trash if you go back and look, R’s took a ton of the good stuff out, like the public option or whatever. If Obama wanted to be remembered for more than being the first black president, he should have used the supermajority he had the first 2yrs in office and created universal healthcare and not used Mitt Romney’s plan and got the troops out of the Middle East.
Rs didn't take put the public option. It was quietly shelved by the Democrats after Joe Lieberman put up a fuss. Joe Lieberman denied it a 60th vote (I think Ben Nelson opposed it too?).
But they didn't even need that 60th vote because they could have passed it via reconciliation (this was openly discussed in corporate media) and had 55 votes, plus a pledge by Obama to sign it, plus overwhelming house support
It was just dropped with zero fanfare and memory-holed one day, and libs came back later on insisting it was republicans.
Remember: Dems enjoyed a supermajority in senate, the house, the presidency, and huge popular support. There is quite literally nothing you can blame the republicans for during Obama's first 2 years
I’m not sure the exact things R’s changed in the ACA, it’s not hard to research I just don’t have the time. But that definitely seems like something R’s would force to be put in.
While the ACA was trash if you go back and look, R’s took a ton of the good stuff out, like the public option or whatever. If Obama wanted to be remembered for more than being the first black president, he should have used the supermajority he had the first 2yrs in office and created universal healthcare and not used Mitt Romney’s plan and got the troops out of the Middle East.
Rs didn't take put the public option. It was quietly shelved by the Democrats after Joe Lieberman put up a fuss. Joe Lieberman denied it a 60th vote (I think Ben Nelson opposed it too?).
But they didn't even need that 60th vote because they could have passed it via reconciliation (this was openly discussed in corporate media) and had 55 votes, plus a pledge by Obama to sign it, plus overwhelming house support
It was just dropped with zero fanfare and memory-holed one day, and libs came back later on insisting it was republicans.
Remember: Dems enjoyed a supermajority in senate, the house, the presidency, and huge popular support. There is quite literally nothing you can blame the republicans for during Obama's first 2 years
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I’m not sure the exact things R’s changed in the ACA, it’s not hard to research I just don’t have the time. But that definitely seems like something R’s would force to be put in.
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