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Sometimes I do think the Democrats should just let Republicans ruin themselves on this issue. Make a fuss, make it clear you're worried about increasing health
by Buttons840 11mo ago
Sometimes I do think the Democrats should just let Republicans ruin themselves on this issue. Make a fuss, make it clear you're worried about increasing health costs and are trying to stop it, but eventually, you might just have to let people experience the consequences of the party they elected.
- macinjosh 11mo agoThe Democrats care about healthcare costs increasing like remember when Obama caved on the public option because he sold out to the insurance companies?
- Buttons840 11mo agoYeah, we need some better Democrats, and some better Republicans would be nice too. More populists, fewer protectors of the billionaires.
- nobody9999 11mo ago>The Democrats care about healthcare costs increasing like remember when Obama caved on the public option because he sold out to the insurance companies? Actually, that was Joe Lieberman, not Obama if memory serves. And apparently it does. According to Wikipedia[0]: The public health insurance option, also known as the public insurance option or the public option, is a proposal to create a government-run health insurance agency that would compete with other private health insurance companies within the United States. The public option is not the same as publicly funded health care, but was proposed as an alternative health insurance plan offered by the government. The public option was initially proposed for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but was removed after the independent US senator for Connecticut Joe Lieberman threatened a filibuster.[1][2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option