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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firefall · 61-69, M
It's a modification to the health insurance market, requiring insurance companies to accept ppl with pre-existing conditions, stipulating that everyone has to buy health insurance (or pay a fine), and providing subsidies for the poorer half of the population to make this insurance affordable.
Obama (well, the Congress under him) created it because there were 30-35m people uninsured, which is to say, with no access to healthcare of any sort, realistically. Mostly just because they didnt/dont earn enough.
Trump & the Republican party want to get rid of it, ostensibly because it imposes an extra tax burden on the richest 4% of the population (not a large one, but apparently all taxes are anathema).
Obama (well, the Congress under him) created it because there were 30-35m people uninsured, which is to say, with no access to healthcare of any sort, realistically. Mostly just because they didnt/dont earn enough.
Trump & the Republican party want to get rid of it, ostensibly because it imposes an extra tax burden on the richest 4% of the population (not a large one, but apparently all taxes are anathema).