What is ObamaCare and why is it so good/bad?
Speaking as someone from the UK, I have no idea what ObamaCare is. Why did Obama create it and why does Trump want to get rid of it?
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obamacare/aca is an attempt to make something like ... I wanna say nhs in the uk? for US. but being so full of compromises and pork all the way around it ended up having pretty severe flaws. it's not expansive enough for diehard liberal types, it's cost effective enough for diehard conservatives types. I think the main force for getting something else is it was a campaign promise that had people fired up and motivated at the time and it was a very hurried/pushed through bill.
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What? The NHS is a socialized medical care system. The ACA was never intended to be, nor is it, government insurance or socialist in structure. Big Pharma and insurance still run the game.
AS for the interpretation of the melee that's surrounded replacing it, I think you're correct. They promised, they have to do it, consequences and cost be damned.
AS for the interpretation of the melee that's surrounded replacing it, I think you're correct. They promised, they have to do it, consequences and cost be damned.
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@Oconnor: well I said it was an attempt at it (which I think is both reasonable as a comparison for a complete outsider and not entirely inaccurate -- It was the general aim when started) but it was so full of compromise and pork (which turned it into who held the keys, made sure insurance companies still made money, et al)
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@DeadCowboy: No, see, that's the thing. It was never meant to be socialized. In fact, it's almost an expanded copy of Romney's plan for MA. It was always meant to keep care a private-enterprise business; it was simply intended to even the playing field for everyone in a culture where medical care is tied to your job, which inherently makes it a class-based system.
And, for any bashers of the ACA who are dropping in, just keep in mind that you can impede, block, sabotage and try to eliminate a bill OR you can call it's inception incomplete and ineffective. You don't get to do both. You don't get to beat the shit out of the kid on the playground and then fault him for bleeding.
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And, for any bashers of the ACA who are dropping in, just keep in mind that you can impede, block, sabotage and try to eliminate a bill OR you can call it's inception incomplete and ineffective. You don't get to do both. You don't get to beat the shit out of the kid on the playground and then fault him for bleeding.
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