• sunzu@kbin.run
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    4 months ago

    Last time they had anything resembling a workable majority was during the Obama administration, when they passed the ACA over several months.

    How is that W working out for the people now.

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      The ACA? Way better than it was before then. More people have coverage than before and pre-existing conditions can’t disqualify a person. It still needs to improve to universal healthcare, but half of the country votes for the leopards, so change is difficult and slow.

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        The hospital that I worked for had a mini med plan that we paid into as that’s all our rural hospital could afford. It was a terrifying time to be alive.

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      Are you kidding? I personally know people who were not insured before ACA and maybe would be with serious health issues now or possibly even dead.

      One I remember seeing crying, because insurance rejected her because she had situation where she had depression in the past and was suicidal. Like WTF?