What's really funny is that there is no public option. Obama pushed for it, but the Republicans in Congress out and out refused it and said "we won't vote for anything unless it's what we came up with", which is basically
I'm not entirely happy about the bill and it was a huge fucking mistake to push forward on it without filibuster reform, but I can be fine with its existence as (a) even if it did nothing for the uninsured, it addresses a hell of a lot of problems with the underinsured, (b) some of the more odious bits don't take effect until 2014, by which time they could be made better (especially if we do get filibuster reform, which I think is pretty much crystal clear that it's a necessity now), and (c) history shows that you get a shot at health care reform in the US every 20 years or so, so it was basically now or never.
Honestly, I think getting something through was the most important thing, and I don't trust Republicans to make good choices on just about anything, so whatever they want will probably end up pissing me off anyway. So I'm fine with it. Yeah, it could use a few improvements, a lot of it stuff they had to cut out in order to make Republicans happy, but I'm glad that at least it passed!
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I'm not entirely happy about the bill and it was a huge fucking mistake to push forward on it without filibuster reform, but I can be fine with its existence as (a) even if it did nothing for the uninsured, it addresses a hell of a lot of problems with the underinsured, (b) some of the more odious bits don't take effect until 2014, by which time they could be made better (especially if we do get filibuster reform, which I think is pretty much crystal clear that it's a necessity now), and (c) history shows that you get a shot at health care reform in the US every 20 years or so, so it was basically now or never.
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which is basically similar to what's in Mass (i.e. require you to get health insurance).
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