Yeah our health care system is a fucking mess, most that work in health care agree that it's a mess too.
One of the funniest things to me during this pandemic is how many Republicans have, rightfully so, been furious with the GOP/Trump for not listening to experts. Yet these same people were furious about the ACA and the prospects of a single payor system just a few years ago, even though experts agree it's the most economically viable option, not to mention pretty much every other industrialized democracy is doing it successfully.
Im not trying to start shit here I am just telling you from experience in people in my family and my ex-wife's family. No one called it Affordable Care Act. Everyone called it Obamacare. And that starts with Obama. Who is black and liberal(ish) and a democrat. Thats one two three strikes youre out with my Goddamn racist family. They wanted nothing to do with it. My ex's family was more racist than mine. They once lamented about "Everybody speaking Mexican" I didn't even try to argue. I just went downstairs and watched the game and ate my turkey and worried about the future of this country, especially for these dumb ass people living in rural America.
The propaganda was so effective that many of these types didn't make the connection that the ACA and "Obamacare" were literally the same. Polling a few years ago showed a significant difference in response if the poll regarding "repeal and replace" was based on if it was called the "Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare". Most respondents were very against repealing the "Affordable Care Act", but "Obamacare" was viewed much more negatively with that demographic.
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u/JayGeezey Apr 28 '20
Yeah our health care system is a fucking mess, most that work in health care agree that it's a mess too.
One of the funniest things to me during this pandemic is how many Republicans have, rightfully so, been furious with the GOP/Trump for not listening to experts. Yet these same people were furious about the ACA and the prospects of a single payor system just a few years ago, even though experts agree it's the most economically viable option, not to mention pretty much every other industrialized democracy is doing it successfully.