Which is what makes Hillary Clinton’s “The ACA was great, we just have to increase it incrementally because Universal Healthcare is unrealistic” position so fucking infuriating. She apparently plans to ensure healthcare for all by a series of smaller and smaller legislation, all of which is going to be fought in every…

The ACA is going to die the death of a thousand cuts. Too many concessions were made which have allowed the GOP to both prophesy its failure and engage in conduct to fulfill that prophesy.

It was really written by a health insurance lobbyist named Elizabeth Flower, and then championed by Max Baucus (kind of lobbyist as well, he was so bought). I mean it also is essentially Romneycare, but I don’t think that counts when no one made the Democrats adopt that heritage foundation answer to Hillarycare in the…

As someone who currently takes medication that costs $950/week, I really hope that the GOP doesn’t manage to kill the preexisting condition rule. And yes, killing the no-coverage fee would do exactly that, with the wonderful side benefit of making sure no one else could buy insurance either.