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> The next biggest concern is the ACA which is the greatest scam ever pulled on Americans. It started out as, what would've been, universal healthcare. No, it
by dragonwriter 1y ago
> The next biggest concern is the ACA which is the greatest scam ever pulled on Americans. It started out as, what would've been, universal healthcare.
No, it didn't. Universal coverage between the mandatory coverage and the Medicare expansion was the goal, but universal coverage separate from the mandate you criticize was never part of the ACA or Obama’s proposals before Congress actually crafted the ACA (which differed somewhat from what the President proposed, and actually was closer in many ways to Clinton’s proposal from the campaign.)
> Instead, it simply played into the insurance company profit centers by forcing people (now by law) to hold some kind of insurance or pay a large tax fine.
...except the tax penalty was small, and it only existed for three years (first coming into play in 2014 and being set at 0 since 2017.)
> So you're stuck paying $1,500 for sub-par care on a bronze plan with a massive deductible and no limit.
"No limit" for...what? This sounds like you are talking about out-of-pocket limits, but there are out-of-pocket limits for bronze plans.