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My belief is it was oversold in terms of its transformative impact, both by the advocates and detractors. The major change is no longer refusing insurance for
by fullshark 3y ago
My belief is it was oversold in terms of its transformative impact, both by the advocates and detractors. The major change is no longer refusing insurance for pre-existing conditions, and the various lives that have changed due to having health insurance when in the counterfactual they would not have had it.
But there's a reason why all democrats are still running for federal office on a platform of healthcare reform. It won't be repealed after the supreme court upheld it and the republican congress under Trump gave up on trying to repeal it after McCain's no vote on repeal.
- mrguyorama 3y agoBut Trump and his congress did succeed at repealing some parts of it, like the individual mandate