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A big problem is that healthcare isn't often truly debated rationally. When the ACA was going through Congress, there were accusations of "death camps" flying
by save_ferris 7y ago
A big problem is that healthcare isn't often truly debated rationally.
When the ACA was going through Congress, there were accusations of "death camps" flying around that the new healthcare system was going to round up and exterminate old people. These rumors were sometimes pushed by congressional candidates and high-level party officials.
Fast-forward to today, and you see opponents of the ACA claiming that they're trying to protect preexisting conditions coverage too, when they're absolutely not.
Our political system rewards lies and disinformation, and when a significant portion of the population believes these lies without any skepticism, then we're no longer debting rationally.
- cr0sh 7y ago> Our political system rewards lies and disinformation, and when a significant portion of the population believes these lies without any skepticism, then we're no longer debting rationally. I know it's the topic under discussion, but today your statement applies to virtually everything under debate. We are in a very bad situation, that only seems to be spiralling downward, to what end is anyone's guess.
- save_ferris 7y agoNot to devolve the conversation into a partisan debate, but when you have the former speaker of the house telling a reporter that how people feel is as logically true as hard data, we have a problem. And it's not going away any time soon. https://youtu.be/LrerNmwpzHY?t=59 https://youtu.be/LrerNmwpzHY?t=59