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

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

184. In theory, yes, but not all in practice. Not all insurance companies did that. The ACA mandates that

ALL insurance companies provide *at least* that level of coverage. You're right, some provide much more than that. There are others that provide comprehensive coverage and that offer much more than that. The concept of competition should kick in here and that's why people "go shopping" on the exchanges. I get that.

So now today's talking point is the abysmal enrollment numbers. Well, they are "abysmal" because people are probably either (a) still navigating the site, (b) trying to get on the site, (c) doing research on the different plans (my mother was given at least 30 different plans to choose from; it's going to take her some time to compare), or (d) some combination.

And as I said, the ACA is far from perfect.

But no one is offering an alternative other than our side, with the public option or single payer. Well, we know that we're not getting either of the two, even when we enjoyed the majority in Congress. We can blame that on the Blue Dogs.

And to be frank with you, NCTraveler, even when Bill Clinton was in office and he attempted to present a single payer-like health care plan back then, he received the most resistance from conservative and corporate Democrats. It's the same as what Obama has faced. Nothing different here.

It seems that people here on the left who bash the ACA are upset with it because it's not single payer or a public option. Or, because it came from Obama and they don't like him. Whatever. It's what we have. It can be improved. And it's damn sure better than what we had before. And those complaining from the Political Left can't tell me how we can get anything better through Congress. So we're stuck. And because we're stuck, I think there's something we can do to improve the ACA so we might as well promote it, stand by it, push it and not be cowards about it. Most Democrats voted for it. They need to stop being weak-kneed and support it. Go out there and fight for it. We can discuss how we can and WILL BE improved on when we elect more progressives to office. But for now, the ACA is all we got. We can't afford to go backwards to what we had before.