> What is interesting today is that Republicans campaigned for years on getting rid of Obamacare. What is perennially interesting is that Republicans (Baby Boo

> What is interesting today is that Republicans campaigned for years on getting rid of Obamacare. What is perennially interesting is that Republicans (Baby Boomers specifically, in this case) claim to hate "socialized medicine" but every time cuts to Medicare are floated under the guise of "fiscal responsibility" or whatever they're DOA. It's a trite observation at this point they are truly the fuck-you-got-mine generation. Sadly, one of the only things that _has_ trickled down from their generation is the belief that "socialized medicine" is evil. A maddeningly large percentage of Gen-Xers, Millennials and beyond have fallen for this line of reasoning. The ironic part, in my direct experience, is that a lot of those folks are the ones getting health insurance from the federal/local governments through the military, emergency response positions, sanitation, etc. So, again, got-mine-fuck-yours. As a counterpoint, I know a number of people in Europe who have been able to take entrepreneurial risks that either aren't realistic or responsible for people in the U.S. who are tied to their jobs for the sake of healthcare, medical/maternity/paternity/etc. leave, etc. One of them recently had a major health crisis that would have devastated an upstart entrepreneur in the U.S. and was actually able to focus on recovering instead of hustling side gigs or taking out predatory loans to ensure he didn't lose his house or his ability to send his kids to daycare. It's been very enlightening to watch play out in real-time.