That is not true. The democrats had a super majority in the Senate and a majority in the House: they had the votes to pass anything they wanted. The Republicans had no say in obamacare and could not even filibuster it because of the democratic super majority in the Senate. Lobbying resulted in several cost control vehicles, such as tort reform, being excluded from obamacare. This is entirely on the democrats.
Any, by the way, we actually live in a Republic.
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Well with your kind of logic, I as a single person with no children, should not have to pay school taxes. Of course that is foolish thinking. We live in a democracy and we pay for things that improve the common good. The voters elected President Obama on his mandate to provide healthcare for the country. Of course the Republicans fought it every step of the way and we ended up with a compromise.
Evaluation grades for the affordable healthcare act have been improving each year it has been in existence. There are many more people insured now then there were in 2008 There are many new benefits included now that people did not have before such as elimination of pre-existing conditions, payments for prevention and screening and coverage for patients participating in clinical trials. This is all very good. And overall health care cost increases have slowed. But Obama care is expensive Depending on subsidies and employers premiums and deductibles. It is no surprise, we know there is no free lunch. But the bottom line is there has been notable progress in healthcare for some people, Although not everyone. That's the way democracies work - the common good.
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