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.”
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.”