My problem with Obamacare

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55. Bill Moyers has some of the same issues with ObamaCare.

So we should be clear on this, Obamacare, as it’s known, is deeply flawed. Big subsidies to the health insurance industry. A bonanza for lobbyists. No public option. And as The New York Times reported this week, “Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law.” Largely because states controlled by Republicans refuse to expand Medicaid.

http://billmoyers.com/segment/bill-moyers-essay-shutdown-showdown/

There are parts of the ACA that WILL help a lot of people, myself included.
But I have trouble getting All Fired Up over policy that the Democratic Party would condemn if it had been proposed by Republicans.

This is POLICY (Mandate to BUY from Private Corporations) that I have fought against all my life.
This is NOT a step toward Single Payer.
This is a huge step toward the complete Privatization and Codification of our For Profit Health Care delivery system.
This will have to be undone before we can take a step forward.

So I won't be marching in the parade rejoicing over the implementation of policy that I oppose, and will be voicing my criticism of this policy based on Traditional Democratic values of FDR and LBJ.

In the 2nd Bill of Rights (1944), FDR specified that access to quality Health care is a fundamental Human Right,
and NOT a Commodity to be SOLD to Americans by For Profit Corporations.
I'll continue to stand with FDR,
and will continue to try to explain the difference.

DURec for the OP.



[font color=firebrick size=3][center]"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
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