Alan, Elizabeth, Sherrod, Bernie, Big Ed, Rachel, The Nation Magazine...ALL SUPPORT THE ACA !!

[RBInMaine]

Alan Grayson, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, The Nation Magazine...

They ALL support the Affordable Care Act. Would they ideally like to see Medicare For All? Sure. So would I. But that can't pass right now and it doesn't mean they don't support the ACA which they all see as a good and important FIRST STEP to getting more people covered with insurance and GOOD insurance. We need to get behind it and make it work. The first step is GETTING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE, TO ENROLL. The other is to get involved, spread the GOOD news about it, disspell the lies, write OpEds and letters to the editor, use social media, and get involved with MoveOn, FamiliesUSA, Democracy For America, etc. in their organized efforts to get the word out in support of the ACA and encourage people to enroll.

Grayson has said it best: It has ALREADY helped MILLIONS OF PEOPLE who couldn't get insurance due to pre-existing conditions, has allowed MILLIONS of young people to stay on their parents' plans, and is in the process of helping MILLIONS of people who never had health insurance to get a plan. ALSO, it closes the Medicare-D donut hole, and it helps college kids have better rates on their loans as a side benefit.

And what is the Republican plan? NOTHING that will cover EVERYONE with GOOD insurance. So right now it is either support a STEP in the right direction so that in time we can move to Single Payer, or go back to REPUBLICAN-CARE which is NOTHING !

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Add to that list, popular former Governor Brian Schweitzer.

I just saw that on UP with Steve Kornacki. And he's a single-payer proponent.

Republicans are desperate to win back the Senate and to keep the House in 2014. We need to GOTV and to ensure that not only do we keep the Senate in Democratic hands, but to take back the House.

[annabanana]

2. What the hell will it take

to get some of the success stories on the air??

[riversedge]

3. With Issa's Pony show of collecting Horror stories around south,

I fear that is all we hear for a while over the Holidays.

[Laelth]

4. As well they should.

Not because it's a good law (which in many ways it is and in some ways it is not), but because we're stuck with it, and we are compelled to circle the wagons on the ACA because our success or failure in 2014 depends upon it. We should remember Truman:

No apologizing for the ACA!

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

-Laelth

[RBInMaine]

5. There will be other issues in 2014 too, like THE REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN. But ya, gotta rally NOW.

[RBInMaine]

6. If locals keep PROTESTING this SHIT and getting some coverage, don't think it will mean much.

[tavalon]

7. I support ACA as a stepping stone

I saw it at first as a compromised compromise and well, it is. But it's like now that ACA has taken off from shore, I can see single payer on the other shore. I'm fired up. I don't want to stir it up now. But soon.