As an aside, I always hated how Dems completely caved on the terminology of the ACA. They should’ve been saying the words “Affordable Care Act” at every turn, keeping the actual goal of the whole thing more in the popular consciousness. Going along with calling it “Obamacare” implicitly accepted the GOP’s framing of the bill and allowed them to more easily control the narrative.
The Dems were also determined to make it as bad as they could so that it wouldn’t affect their donors or rock the boat in any way. That’s why they used Mitt Romneys healthcare plan to “gain bipartisan support” despite it not being needed with zero Republicans voting for it.
We could have had single-payer but instead we’re left with largely the same model we had prior except now more of our tax dollars get funneled to insurance companies in the name of “subsidized healthcare.”
As an aside, I always hated how Dems completely caved on the terminology of the ACA. They should’ve been saying the words “Affordable Care Act” at every turn, keeping the actual goal of the whole thing more in the popular consciousness. Going along with calling it “Obamacare” implicitly accepted the GOP’s framing of the bill and allowed them to more easily control the narrative.
Democratic Party politicians and caving on things: name a more iconic duo
It was in keeping with how they totally caved on the actual underlying policy and accepted the GOP’s ideas there too at least
Yeah the Rs were determined to make it as bad as they could so they could point at it later and say how bad it was.
The Dems were also determined to make it as bad as they could so that it wouldn’t affect their donors or rock the boat in any way. That’s why they used Mitt Romneys healthcare plan to “gain bipartisan support” despite it not being needed with zero Republicans voting for it.
We could have had single-payer but instead we’re left with largely the same model we had prior except now more of our tax dollars get funneled to insurance companies in the name of “subsidized healthcare.”
As I recall, Obama ultimately made peace with the name. He said “I kind of like the name, because I do care!”
Only Republicans would think “Hey, that guy cares!” might be an insult.
And ego wins the day, once more.