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Re:Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefull... by o11c on Saturday February 01, 2025 @09:06PM (#42904918)
For the majority of people, the ACA just meant "insurance has an excuse to raise premiums without end (far more than the number of new people covered)". There was some corporate trickery involved, but that doesn't matter to the individual who's paying more.
Re:Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefull... by _DeadFred_ on Saturday February 01, 2025 @09:36PM (#42905130)
The majority of people are very grateful of the coverage. The ACA is very popular if you call it something different (to move away from the propaganda) and explain the details.
Re:Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefull... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 02, 2025 @08:35PM (#42913955)
The ACA is popular, it is ObamaCare that is unpopular.
Re:Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefull... by tstrimple on Sunday February 02, 2025 @02:06AM (#42906714)
I don’t know any serious person who could make these arguments without also acknowledging that premiums were increasing before the ACA. They typically won’t acknowledge that the rate of increase slowed down post ACA because then their entire argument falls apart.
Re:Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefull... by o11c on Sunday February 02, 2025 @12:18PM (#42910006)
Okay, but even with that (though I really don't think there were >20% increases in any year prior to the ACA ...), all we get is my original point of "Obama promised change, but just provided more of the same."