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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I were triply-screwed by health care insurance . . . [View all]brush
(53,733 posts)If someone who is able to afford $2800 a month because he/she makes enough money, and now pays $1200 a month instead and is happy about it, it enables those who don't make much to be subsidized and get good policies for say $150 a month, maybe less or a little more.
I'd say it's all for the common good as we're all supposed to be in this together all except the one percenters of course who don't give a shit about whether us worker bees have affordable insurance because they've probably got doctors on retainer that they can summon at any time to their gated compounds.
Look at the big picture dems, the ACA is a big improvement that can be made better. Change sometimes is incremental a lurch forward here, a lurch forward there. Sea changes, and a sea change is what single-payer would be, don't come around too often, especially when you've got repug obstruction, with blue dog dem help, blocking everything.
It's a wonder the ACA got passed at all, hell, the repugs are still trying to kill it because they know people are beginning to get that it helps a lot of people, and once the people see that they'll start thinking, maybe even $1200 a month isn't as good as $0 a month.
Look out repugs, 'cause single payer is the next big thing on the horizon.
You've fucked up and let the ACA get passed and you've awakened a sleeping giant.