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ACA was a compromise to get something changed. It was never supposed to be the final result. Republicans turned it into a boogeyman that had to be undone instead of doing the right thing for their constituents and proposing a better solution. It was always funny to see red states quote the soundbite that they hated Obamacare, then say they didn't need it as long as they had their ACA.
Back before Trump 1, every Republican ran on repealing ACA. So in the second half of Obama's second term, GOP had the House and Senate but not a veto-proof majority. They sent something like 80+ bills fully repealing ACA. Of course they all got vetoed.
Trump runs on getting rid of Obamacare and wins, maintaining the GOP majority.
Not a single bill lands on his desk fully repealing it. It was all performative. They knew their constituents would yell at them.
Let's not forget the "We'll have a new better healthplan in 2 weeks" nonsense.
Now here we are again. GOP controlled House and Senate and a president that is hell bent on destroying anything any Democrat did.
ACA still hasn't been repealed.
They're destroying the federal government, so some parts can be replaced by corporations and so that corporations can do what they want. These people saw cyberpunk and thought of it as something to achieve.
Maybe not in its entirety, but they are cutting medicaid right
Yeah, there are a lot of comments here berating it, but it barely passed as it was and has only been on the chopping block since. If people want something better, they need to work to help the republican voters demand it, cause it isn't the democratic voters holding Healthcare change back.