This is actually sad

  • Bustedknuckles
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    13 days ago

    Mind-blowing how people have forgotten the time before the ACA, which limited insurer excess profit and forbid denial due to pre-existing conditions

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      13 days ago

      Yeah, now it’s just so expensive I avoid treatment altogether and therefore can’t get denied.

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        13 days ago

        It for sure sucks now! Lieberman killed the public option and things have only gotten worse since then as we haven’t taken on the usury of insurance, PE hospitals, and pharma, but the ACA was a step in the right direction that’s been continuously sabotaged ever since it was implemented

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          but the ACA was a step in the right direction

          The ACA was a turd with some rhetorical polish. That’s it, and anyone seeking health care in this country knows it.

          • PeterGintz
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            13 days ago

            Still waiting on your dear leader’s ‘concept of plan’.

            • FlashMobOfOne
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              13 days ago

              Pretty lazy response.

              I’m not a Donald supporter. I’m just also unwilling to pretend that a regressive health care system is a good thing because it came from the Blue MAGA instead of the Red MAGA, especially considering Obama could have (and should have) done better. .

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                12 days ago

                Lol, you sure have a lot of opinions. What part about it is ‘lazy’?

                Edit: What is your plan? Enlighten us wise one.

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                    12 days ago

                    Is it any more ‘lazy’ than this person jumping straight to Obama as the responsible 'party 'when the ACA is mentioned?

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                12 days ago

                I’m not a Donald supporter.

                You’re every bit as intelligent as one. You’re Blue MAGA, you fucking idiot.

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                  12 days ago

                  I’m voting blue regardless, and I hope that the person you’re responding to probably will as well. I liked Obama’s approach, his demeanor, but not everything that he did. Despite that, I voted for him twice.

                  MAGA, pretty famously now, has no principles. They require loyalty to trump despite any policy flip flops.

                  His not being a fan of something Obama did because he thinks Obama should have known and done better is somehow following a MAGA playbook?

                  I know where you’re coming from. I’m terrified that Putin’s goon squad will somehow wreck any chance of recovery in November. But I doubt I’ll stop being critical of the Democratic leadership. Instead of having the approach “view blue despite all these internal party issues” we should be trying “vote blue and get involved to help us fix these issues.”

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                    11 days ago

                    I’m voting blue regardless, and I hope that the person you’re responding to probably will as well.

                    This is an ignorant approach. Do your homework, think for yourself, and vote based on the candidate(s), not solely party affiliation.

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      13 days ago

      To be fair, they weren’t looking.

    • FlashMobOfOne
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      13 days ago

      All of those things still exist now, provided you can’t afford to be price gouged, which is the vast majority of Americans.

      And Obama could have given us a truly universal system

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        And Obama could have given us a truly universal system

        Glad to see you weren’t paying attention.