Poll of board lefties: happy or frustrated to see shut down end this way
Follow up question. Was it worth it?
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/politics/government-shutdown-reopen-deal-senate
Replies to: Poll of board lefties: happy or frustrated to see shut down end this way
I'll answer since I identify as a conservative Dem (and Chris said D's make room for all)......
I am happy.
I"m waiting to hear details of the deal that was struck...as are tens of millions of Americans whose
lives and well-being depend on affordable Health Care.
Your support for health insurance companies is noted.
Filling their trough with taxpayer money has fueled health care inflation.
A very Un-Nuanced opinion, Curly...again, I recommend you read "America's Bitter Pill" by
Steven Brill, who incidentally is an attorney as well, to get a comprehensive understanding of how the ACA "Sausage" was made...including the formidable challenge of dealing with our entrenched Medical Insurance Industry...and still making dramatic progress that has unquestionably benefitted tens of millions of Americans...especially those at the lower end of the economic spectrum, who you hopefully have some affection for.
It is ironic that the hated insurance companies were huge beneficiaries of an unfordable care act.
That's not how we were promised it would work.
Link: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4KaqK/
More on this topic...
Steven Brill suggests that we get rid of the "Insurance 'Middleman'" in the HC Industry and adopt a more integrated approach...not unlike what 'Capitation' type institutions, such as Kaiser Permanente and the Cleveland Clinic, as well as UPMC have created...I tell you, his book is well worth the read.
The 24M ACA Marketplace enrollees, and 45M covered are testaments to the affordability and
acceptance of the Affordable Care Act. Thats Real Progress, and just one step in the journey to expand HC coverage to ALL Americans, while reducing per capita HC costs for Americans from 2X what the rest of the Developed World pays, to parity with them.
btw, have you seen anything from the GOP in the last 15 years that does a better job on both counts?...would love to see it...wouldn't you?...what's keeping them?
Link: https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/state-indicator/marketplace-enrollment/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
The Silence of the Libs is deafening.
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They are all practicing taking the high road. It's a strange concept for them.
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Here's one lefty's take. Do you agree or have a different point of view?
Seems to be saying that it's worth the cost of wrecking the economy to take down Donald Trump.
Link: https://www.aol.com/news/senate-democrats-just-made-huge-034300475.html