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It's so sad that Trump so badly wants his name on everything. It's important to note that Obamacare isn't called that because Obama insisted on it. In fact, h
by jedberg 9mo ago
It's so sad that Trump so badly wants his name on everything. It's important to note that Obamacare isn't called that because Obama insisted on it. In fact, he protested against calling it that.
It's actually called the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Obama was only attributed to it because people were so happy with what it did for them.
Instead of forcing his name on things, maybe he should try to pass laws that people actually admire and want to put his name on it.
- llbbdd 9mo agoThis is a bit retroactive, Republicans started calling it Obamacare to make sure no R voters would want to put their support on it, it was later somewhat reclaimed. The Rs did this because it worked verbatim previously with "Hillarycare" in 1993.
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- duxup 9mo agoI remember the joke during the first Trump administration when despite running both congress and the white house they could not seem to find a way to repeal Obamacare. “They’re going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the affordable care act.”
- CamperBob2 9mo agoIt's not a joke. Their voters are so stupid, they don't understand that both terms refer to the same legislation [1]. 1: https://www.npr.org/2017/02/11/514732211/obamacare-and-affordable-care-act-are-the-same-but-americans-still-dont-know-tha https://www.npr.org/2017/02/11/514732211/obamacare-and-affor...
- John23832 9mo ago> It's actually called the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Obama was only attributed to it because people were so happy with what it did for them. That's one half of it. The other half is that Obamacare could be used as a dogwhistle to constituents on the right.
- nixpulvis 9mo agoKnowledge that the ACA is Obamacare is my litmus test for basic healthy civic engagement.
- foogazi 9mo ago> It's actually called the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Obama was only attributed to it because people were so happy with what it did for them. Obamacare is a pejorative derisively applied to sink it - it’s not an official name
- happytoexplain 9mo ago>it’s not an official name That's the entire point of the parent you're replying to. Also, "Obamacare" may have originated as a pejorative (I don't know), but I've heard it used positively way more often than negatively.
- verdverm 9mo agoYou obviously don't watch Fox, because it's only used pejoratively over there