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In reply to the discussion: We ARE the grass roots, and can help ACA succeed [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)15. Pretty spot on
We can't fix that on our end, that is the design of the law which bitched about ad nauseum and was told "we'll fix it later".
Not to mention the fact that passage of the law is what got us our current congress. And now that everyone admits the law needs fixing the electorate isn't going to send in more Dems, they'll do just the opposite with unholy vengeance on their minds.
All everyone wanted to cry about on both sides was single payer with one faction demanding it and the other talking about how impossible it is to get it...
And then there are those poor deluded fools that think we're going to get single-payer now that we look like incompetent chumps. Not to mention the fact the entire ACA is predicated on guaranteeing insurance company profits so they may continue to offer the policies the ACA relies upon. If the companies go belly-up the ACA fails, if the ACA fails the electorate will not trust us with even more power to enact SP. This law is an insult to both single-payer prospects and market reforms.
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Most folks are excluded from subsidized plans on the exchanges, the ramping sucks
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
#6
Yes, the intent was to block people with employer insurance from the exchanges.
Yo_Mama
Nov 2013
#16
My husband's insurance rates are getting jacked and his employer may stop offering spousal coverage.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2013
#10
We already do not qualiy for subsidies. Damn my husband's luck but he has a good job.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2013
#13
He's in a supervisory position. For him it's "possible" for everyone else it's "probable."
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2013
#17
The 'grassroots' for this law are Moderate Centrists and Blue Dogs who refused the Public Option
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#20
No, Obama never campaigned on single payer. Also, many Democrats such as myself
okaawhatever
Nov 2013
#25
You are confusing PUBLIC OPTION with single-payer, putting those words in the poster's mouth is
Dragonfli
Nov 2013
#31
I didn't say he campaigned on single payer and you know it. Public Option. Claro?
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#36
For some of us our priorities are to continually fight for healthcare for all.
NCTraveler
Nov 2013
#35