Obamacare is a Republican Construct (So Why Are They So Upset?)
"The Democrat's version of health insurance would have been cheaper, simpler, and more popular
by Robert Reich
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Republicans will seek to delay a requirement of the 2010 Affordable Care Act that all Americans obtain health insurance or face a tax penalty. "With so many unanswered questions and the problems arising around this rollout, it doesn't make any sense to impose this one percent mandate tax on the American people."
While Republicans plot new ways to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, it's easy to forget that for years they've been arguing that any comprehensive health insurance system be designed exactly like the one that officially began October 1st, glitches and all.
Snip...And this was my point of arguing Against the ACA...
"There's a deep irony to all this. Had Democrats stuck to the original Democratic vision and built comprehensive health insurance on Social Security and Medicare, it would have been cheaper, simpler, and more widely accepted by the public. And Republicans would be hollering anyway."
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(50,957 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)to pass the damn thing, just use it along with smoke and mirrors. It worked, too. Clinton did not pass healthcare.
Having any social welfare safety net, even one that is less than optimal, violates their pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps ideology that views the wealthy as demigods. Keep people poor, miserable, and hungry and they will work for shit wages. Give a hand with healthcare, welfare, Medicare, or any thing like those and they lose their power.