08-28-2019, 05:42 PM
The problem with the ACA is that even when it's not being sabotaged daily, it's not nearly as progressively helpful (read: "socialistic" if you're a Republican) as it could be. Conservatives have had multiple opportunities to showcase its imperfections.
There was a big fight for the "outrageous" Medicare back in the 1960s that's taken for granted today, but it happened with Democratic majorities. That genie won't be put back in, just like the part about the ACA's pre-existing conditions remains solid, and sold, with voters.
I'd go so far to say that the ideology behind pre-existing conditions being protected lies at the core of why using the government's power to heal its citizens is just, on a humanitarian scale.
There was a big fight for the "outrageous" Medicare back in the 1960s that's taken for granted today, but it happened with Democratic majorities. That genie won't be put back in, just like the part about the ACA's pre-existing conditions remains solid, and sold, with voters.
I'd go so far to say that the ideology behind pre-existing conditions being protected lies at the core of why using the government's power to heal its citizens is just, on a humanitarian scale.