“Almost everyone knows the American healthcare system is broken. It’s obvious. People may have…”
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Almost everyone knows the American healthcare system is broken. It’s obvious. People may have different ideas about how to fix it, but the status quo isn’t acceptable. Progressives have long argued with very good reason that single-payer of some sort is the only option that makes much sense. But even within single-payer there are many variations, ranging from the British completely government-controlled system to a heavily regulated public-private system like in Switzerland. As it is, Obamacare was the conservative solution of the past, created by the Heritage Foundation and implemented in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney. It’s almost certainly not the best answer, but it’s definitely better than the status quo.
Part of what has so dramatically hurt Republicans over Obamacare isn’t just that they were willing to shut down the government in order to repeal it. It’s that they have no alternative, beyond some almost totally ineffectual bromides like “tort reform” and selling insurance across state lines.
People might not like Obamacare and the answer it gives. They might prefer single payer, or they might have been demagogued against some detail of Obamacare, or they might prefer some mythical “free market” solution. But something had to change and almost everyone knows it.
Right now, the Democratic Party is the only one offering an answer, and right now that answer is Obamacare. People might not be thrilled with it, but they’re going to give it a chance. The Republicans aren’t offering them anything at all. They have quite literally run out of ideas beyond just letting poor people get sick and die.
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– David O. Atkins, Hullabaloo
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Tags: healthcare reform, obamacare.
