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Intractable

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8. I disagree. It further solidifies insurance as the mode of healthcare.

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:50 PM

Dec 9

My current ACA plan, which I am about to lose, costs $1200/month in premiums, and still entails ample deductibles and co-pays.

$1000 is paid by the gov't. I pay $200. The gov't mainlines $1000/month to CIGNA on my behalf.

It's been viable for me, but it's not good. And what good it does is about to be lost.

Now is the time to push for universal care, and for the Dems to run on it as a platform.

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Remember folks, the ACA is at its heart a Republican plan dreamed up at the Heritage Foundation... [View all] Wounded Bear Dec 9 OP

And D's used to be R's... lame54 Dec 9 #1

Back when "they" attempted to repeal it, we should have .. pat_k Dec 9 #2

Just heard on MS-NOW that Ms Crockett will run on Medicare for All...nt Wounded Bear Dec 9 #3

Greater good, my ass. I'd probably be dead by now if we were still demanding single-payer or nothing. W_HAMILTON Dec 9 #7

Who said single payer or nothing? pat_k Dec 9 #9

The ACA put minimums on what insurance companies have to spend on care EdmondDantes_ Dec 9 #4

I disagree. It further solidifies insurance as the mode of healthcare. Intractable Dec 9 #8

That is exactly what I pay, too. BigmanPigman Dec 9 #10

+1 leftstreet Dec 9 #11

It could have been a decent start leftstreet Dec 9 #5

It's also called progress -- and it's much better than what we had before. W_HAMILTON Dec 9 #6