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white_wolf

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9. I'll be honest, I have a lot of problems with the ACA, but it's better than the GOP alternatives.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:04 AM
Jan 2017

For example, I don't believe in the individual mandate. I simply don't think the government should be able to force someone to buy a product from a private company. At least not without some sort of public option. That was my biggest problem with the ACA. That being said, it's still better than what the Republicans will do so I think we need to keep it. I'll be honest, I kind of expect the repeal to backfire. If the GOP gets rid of the mandate but keeps the more popular parts of the ACA then they could very well bankrupt the insurance industry. Then we wouldn't have any options but to go to single payer.

Honestly though, they've had SIX YEARS to come up with a plan and they're just starting now? I guess expecting those morons to do any real work is asking too much.

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