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I believe the ACA itself was a poison pill that would make the system so inefficient to drive it to collapse and bring about single payer. The failure of Repub
by mason240 9y ago
I believe the ACA itself was a poison pill that would make the system so inefficient to drive it to collapse and bring about single payer.
The failure of Republicans to implement an alternative has pretty much guaranteed it.
- theseatoms 9y agoI think this is right. If not a deliberate poison pill, implementation of the ACA was a strong "foot in the door" technique for those who want single payer. Though, even before the ACA, the government is deeply involved in the system (employer based tax incentives, Medicare, etc) I don't find that surprising though. I think Obama himself said that ACA was just a start and would have to be revisited. (Citation needed, I know.) What's amazing is just how bad conservatives have been at articulating the free market case for health care and insurance.
- YPCrumble 9y agoI'm hoping Donald Trump is the poison pill that will bring about the Progressive movement.
- Karunamon 9y agoHe's a poison pill alright, but I'm not sure who's going to feel the poison. He's either the end of the Democrat establishment (the election and post-election hysterics are unheard of in my lifetime), or the end of the Republican establishment (if he crashes and burns as bad as certain circles think he will).
- sp332 9y agoHealthcare costs grew under the ACA, but the rate of growth slowed. I don't think it was more inefficient than continuing with the old system would have been. Right now though they're working to defund as many parts of the ACA as they can, so even if it doesn't get repealed, it's going to be in bad shape from now on.