Cross-posted at An Angry Dakota Democrat
Over the past 30 years, every politician that has run for the White
House, had a platform for reforming healthcare so that all Americans get
adequate healthcare. So when President Obama used his political capital
of his first term to pass the Affordable Care Act, which could
conceivably give health care protection to millions of Americans who did
not or could not afford protection before, I thought it was a good
idea. After all, I thought, who would balk at the idea of holding people
personally responsible for obtaining health insurance so the costs of
most medical procedures would not come back on the rest of the
population who have insurance but continue to see rates rise. Boy was I
wrong. There was stiff resistance from Day 1.