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My #1 problem with the Affordable Care Act was that it tried to mandate universal health insurance coverage while leaving employer-sponsored insurance in place.
by BeFlatXIII 5y ago
My #1 problem with the Affordable Care Act was that it tried to mandate universal health insurance coverage while leaving employer-sponsored insurance in place. If they were going to mandate that we urinate our money away to insurance companies (rather than assess an honest tax for single-payer healthcare), they should have prohibited employer-sponsored healthcare benefits to force everyone into the same insurance pool.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago“They” tried, but insufficient politicians supported it. Everything about ACA was as that it was a compromise to even get that much. The only other option was to not have had healthcare reform at all. I think ACA will go down in history as a pretty impressive effort that at least did something to increase the number of people with access to healthcare.