• HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    To be fair, you have to credit Democrats with Obamacare which was really a way to improve the lives of poorer people

    • redsunrise@programming.dev
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      14 hours ago

      One half-baked concession to the poor doesn’t imply their party platform is about improving the lives of poor people.

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      17 hours ago

      I credit Dems with making Mitt Romney’s healthcare plan worse, by removing the public option - the thing that would have actually improved the lives of poorer people. Instead, we simply shoveled some 30mil Americans right into the pockets of predatory insurance companies.

      The only silver lining from that legislation was preventing them from denying care due to pre-existing conditions, and that point has been an all out battleground ever since.

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      22 hours ago

      Obamacare is responsible for finding the masses in my breasts right now so I like it. I’d like it more if just everyone could go to the doctor and not have to ask, like I do, “is it covered by my insurance”

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      18 hours ago

      Obamacare was always a rhetorical device to prove how unserious the GOP is at governing.