Sure...it was a foundation that was meant to be built upon.
But the ACA was never allowed to exist as written, once the House started de funding key aspects of the plan.
As such, we saw hikes in premiums, which were to be expected once the Fed. guarantees to insurers were never granted. We can only wonder where we'd be right now if House Republicans didn't politicize the law.
But none of us can be a 'fan', or 'not a fan' of ACA. We never got to experience it in its actual form.
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
True to a point, and also worth noting is that many employers are to blame. The vast majority of people in this nation know very little about the cost of health insurance. When ACA was passed, a vast number of employers simply passed more of the insurance costs onto the employees, and blamed ACA.
It was a lie, but they took the opportunity to cut their expenses.
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I used to be angry about that, until I started dating a nurse. At $45/hour, if a nurse spends 15 minutes with a patient, that's more than $10 in labor...if she isn't getting paid overtime.
Then you have to pay the staff to mop the floor. Then you have utilities, etc.
Don't get me wrong. I don't advocate for $20 aspirin. (of course, the insurers never pay that). I just understand it.
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
Althea (12-15-2018)
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