• timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Because only a complete moron would say the ACA did nothing.

    Is it great? No but it’s so, so much better than what existed before. It literally has saved many lives and if not for that shitstain Lieberman could’ve gone further.

    Maybe everyone here is too young to realize how awful healthcare was before that.

    Criticize sure but people sound like idiots when they downtalk a huge piece of legislation that actually improved things a lot, even if not obviously being the best solution.

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      10 hours ago

      I agree, but it wasn’t the Democrats idea. It was the Republicans who proposed it, and the insurance companies backed because they saw dollar signs

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      9 hours ago

      Other than making it illegal to not have health insurance, and offering discounted insurance to some people based on their state, what do you think it did?

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      9 hours ago

      Or you know… Actual universal healthcare and pushing to punish the financial elite for the 2008 crash

      Edit: What the actual fuck happened to Lemmy?!

      I’m getting downvoted for saying universal healthcare is better?? Holy shit this place became milquetoast