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The ACA (affordable care act) was pretty gargantuan because the healthcare system itself is gargantuan. Trying to address all the issues in all the facets of th
by tasty_freeze 2y ago
The ACA (affordable care act) was pretty gargantuan because the healthcare system itself is gargantuan. Trying to address all the issues in all the facets of the law resulted in a multi-thousand page bill. It attempted to do what you ask for -- and the result was it was endlessly attacked for being huge, an example of how Washington is out of control.
The problem you complain has been there since the very start, in our constitution. There has been 250 years of court cases trying to determine exactly what the boundary of those vague rules state.
- megaman821 2y agoBut ACA survived throughout a hostile Republican administration. Isn't that an example of taking the time to write a more explicit law make it more resilient to an administration change.
- rootusrootus 2y agoI don't think that's why it has survived. The ACA is an example of the divergence between rhetoric and political reality. It is easy to step in front of a camera villainize "ObamaCare" to engage your voters. But if you actually repeal it then you get to explain to those voters at the next election why you reintroduced lifetime caps and preexisting conditions while premiums did not go down (in fact, they probably went up!). Politicians are unfailingly partisan, but they are even more reliably panderers. Can't be an effective partisan from the sidelines.