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It is extremely hard to get people to agree on any one alternative. Any system has pluses and minuses, and it's easy to scare people away from any particular ch
by jfengel 2y ago
It is extremely hard to get people to agree on any one alternative. Any system has pluses and minuses, and it's easy to scare people away from any particular choice.
It took superhuman effort, a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity, and some outright shenanigans even to get the Affordable Care Act passed. It was a very minor tweak to the existing system, and half the country viewed it as an apocalypse. The political party that passed it ran away from it in the next election, and got massacred. But now that it is law, it too is nearly impossible to alter because the alternatives all terrify people.
- ghaff 2y agoAt least making insurance available for people with pre-existing conditions was a pretty big win for some. And the penalties for just passing on it are pretty small. However, as I wrote elsewhere, Medicare is still expensive if you recently had a high-ish income. It's been perfectly fine insurance for me so far but it's probably what many would consider unreasonably expensive.