Im not sure how well this is going to work given all the components of healthcare will need to rise with inflation. Don't get me wrong I like the idea but I think it would make more sense to have something more akin to what obamacare put in place limiting profit and administration costs.
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Public option would've been nice. Removed by Republicans from the final ACA bill. RIP.
As I understand it the public option is the government acting as a provider itself, some things it could do cheaper, others could be done better by private practice, but conservatives really didn't want people to have a public competitor.. even if it's optional. That is how I understand the concept of public option, is it somewhat close to right?
oh yes I liked the public option. Its pretty much in place to as it would just be an extension of medicare/medicaid which is already a public state run insurance system. it should be basically be a buy into medicare for younger folks.
That's right, except it wasn't Republicans, it was Joe Lieberman (conservative democrat-turned-independent senator from Connecticut).
https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/27/health.care/index.html
except it wasn’t Republicans
I must have missed the part where a whole bunch of Republicans voted in favor of a public option
This is a really bad comment.
As Catloaf pointed out, it was explicitly Democrats responsible for this failure. The party as a whole used Lieberman the same way they used Manchin and Sinema to take the blame for things the faction in power didn't want but didn't want to be seen as opposing.
Comments like this almost seem as intentional to not hold those factions driving the party further and further to the right accountable for their actions.
This is a really bad comment.
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thanks. The comment you replied to which replied to mine just had me thinking. wow. is this ever left field.
Is the California legislature also commanding the tide to turn back?
Funny enough, yes.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/changes-coming-to-sf-seawall-in-coming-months/
It's amazing how much you can accomplish when you have a permanent Democrat supermajority. Including, yes, controlling the tides.