God damn it. How the hell do you get blindsided by your own f%$#@*g legislation???

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

179. I'm talking about what the ACA does to keep the industry in check. While not perfect, it at least

forces the industry to adopt certain standards: no recission; no denying coverage for preexisting conditions; providing at least 80% in health care coverage; not overcharging for certain health care services, etc.

That's what I mean by "Why not stand up and fight for the ACA"

"Why not stand up to the fucking insurance industry"

Means why cave in to them by "fixing" a problem that is really not a problem. It is true that insurance plans were being canceled and those plans weren't really covering anything. You stand up to the insurance companies by forcing them to improve on those plans. You don't CAVE them, to the Republicans, the cowards in the Democratic Party, and certainly not Bill Clinton, by being a defeatist and accepting their narrative--that somehow allowing people to keep these "junk policies" is good for people. NO!! You stand your ground and make these insurance companies comply. If they are going to be a part of the federal health care exchanges, they must comply with the ACA. That's how you stand up to the industry.

Of course, at the very least we all wanted the public option. Look, we weren't going to get that. Talk to the Blue Dogs, many of them defeated and no longer in Congress, who rejected the public option. We never had the votes for a public option.

And most of us--myself included--see the ONLY fix to all of our problems with this health care system is a single payer approach. That's what I want. That's really what most of us want. We don't have a single payer system. I'm not sure we can ever get a single payer system. And the ACA is not the best approach but it is a start. But just because the ACA is not single payer doesn't mean that it is awful and that we can never work towards achieving that ultimate goal.