Friday, December 4, 2015
Obamacare
As chief legislator, the Affordable Care Act is Obama's flagship policy, and the incarnation of years of promises from Democrats finally put into practice. Republicans slam the legislation for being a form of crony capitalism and corporatism, because it was written largely by health insurance and pharmaceutical companies largely to their benefit, according to this conservative website. It is for these reasons that almost every Republican presidential candidate has promised to repeal it, and until recently, relatively no progress had been made. Filibusters by Democrats had prevented a vote on the matter until yesterday evening, December 3rd. The Senate voted to repeal Obamacare 52-47 in what Republicans are considering a huge victory. Is this the end of Obamacare, can it even be repealed completely? I wonder if Rubio was even present for the vote...
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I think your last comment hopping on the "Slam" Rubio train is a sign of the conservative backlash against establishment GOP politics. I think it is extremely interesting to see the surge of grassroots and net-roots candidates taking a big surge in recent polls and support among millennial voters. This is even true among supporters of Sanders. It seems the early electorate right now is being drawn to candidates who don't showcase the business as usual attitude coming from D.C politicians.
Healthcare is an extremely important topic when discussing politics. I'm not necessarily sure that Obama care is the right way to go about it. With that being said the legislation needs to start being bipartisan and work together to come up with something that will benefit the people of the United States.
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