DEMS ONLY: Was Obamacare worth it?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I feel like we'd be in a better place if we focused solely on the economy 2009-2010 and had Obama deal with HCR in his second term.

Since when is healthcare not related to the economy?

[henster]

I feel like we'd be in a better place if we focused solely on the economy 2009-2010 and had Obama deal with HCR in his second term.

Since when is healthcare not related to the economy?

I'm talking about passing a second stimulus which would have gone a long way, tax cuts/incentives etc. And while health care is apart of the economy politically their separate topics.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Yes. Although Fredo Lieberman and Judas Lincoln destroyed the chances at we had at a public option, anything is better than the previous system.

[Sec. of State Superique]

The public option was killed by Joe Liberman.

[Cryptic]

Millions more people will get health care because of it. Yes, it was worth it.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

yea I'm sure the Republican House would be open to passing True Leftist healthcare or whatever

Assuming, of course, that we do lose the House in 2010/2012 regardless of what we do in 2009-2010, which I'm not sure about.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The public option was killed by Joe Liberman.

Obozo never really wanted a public option or else he would have fought harder for it. Heritagecare was the goal from the beginning.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The public option was killed by Joe Liberman.

Obozo never really wanted a public option or else he would have fought harder for it. Heritagecare was the goal from the beginning.

You're delusional... "yes, fight the good fight and lose"

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

The public option was killed by Joe Liberman.

Obozo never really wanted a public option or else he would have fought harder for it. Heritagecare was the goal from the beginning.

If only more Snowstalkers were in our government.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

The public option was killed by Joe Liberman.

Obozo never really wanted a public option or else he would have fought harder for it. Heritagecare was the goal from the beginning.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=182620.0

[politicallefty]

The public option was killed by Joe Liberman.

That's not to mention he also squashed the idea of a Medicare buy-in at age 55. That may have been an even bigger loss to progressives.

All in all, I do think it was worth it. What's the point of a majority if you can't use it? As painful as losing the House was, I'd still rather have the ACA be law.

[Antonio the Sixth]

As opposed to doing nothing? Yes, obviously it was.

I still think Obama could have pushed harder on a public option, but right now that's irrelevant. Let's not spend years whining about what could have been.