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0 pointsgeneral_ai9y ago0 comments

A fine example of confirmation bias: ACA aligns with Sam's ideological position, so he hand picks some examples to support it. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that people with preexisting conditions can't be denied coverage. But is it OK that plans are three times more expensive now, with three times the deductible? I don't think so. Seems like a trillion dollar money trough for Big Pharma and Big Insurance to me.

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lsiebert9y ago· 2 in thread

Well strictly speaking, if Obama could have passed single payer, he would have. He went with a compromise based on a republican idea and negotiated with the insurers to get their support. The thing is, expensive as it is, you have the ability to get health coverage. The ACA made health care affordable to people who previously couldn't afford it at all, particularly the working poor through medicaid expansions.

TillE9y ago

He had two years of full Democratic control of Congress. He didn't even try to get single payer, didn't even try to get the "public option".

Obama's disastrous politics are a result of going into every debate starting at the "compromise" position, and then getting dragged further right. Just go back to his 2004 DNC speech, it lays out exactly how he's going to fail.

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frandroid9y ago

> if Obama could have passed single payer

But he gave up before even trying. Way to move the Overton window.

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