• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Obamacare passed right as I was becoming an adult and living on my own, and if not for that I think I basically just wouldn’t have had health insurance, and would have had to be making life decisions very differently and under much more coercive pressure, so I’m grateful for it even if some kind of universal healthcare system would be much better.

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    3 months ago

    The market branding in providing healthcare is all you need to know about US healthcare.

    I, myself am waiting for “Biden+ Pro Max care”.

  • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You only have to see who’s using the product. The top city in the US enrolled in Obamacare is NW Miami city of Hialeah.

    This city, who’s motto is “the city that progress” is a bastion of Cuban exiles who will swear on an American flag against anything socialist as it’s akin to their former country.
    Here in the US they pay their premiums and get coverage without insurers distorting the market with exclusions on preexisting conditions and age.

    If they all can get better leaning on this policy, I’m all for it even when I don’t support their radical views, because policies are for the good of everyone not just your lobbies and inte®ests.

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    3 months ago

    I have mixed feelings about this. I had obamacare. It was extremely expensive and I had the cheapest plan. The plan was so bad that it was essentially like having no insurance at all, the only difference is it was required. For the first year I just paid the penalty for not having insurance because it was far cheaper. Health insurance is a scam.

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    3 months ago

    Ah - I was wondering how in the hell anyone could say that it’s worked, and then when I clicked on the link, I instantly got the answer - it’s Paul Krugman, who’s made an entire career out of carrying water for the ruling class.

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      3 months ago

      It’s not some wonderful perfect system; it’s the compromise we could get. What matters is that it’s better than what there was before it.

    • Today@lemmy.world
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      I’d say it works. My son has had it for a few years. He paid $164/mo and his weekly doc appt cost $26. His job recently began offering insurance so he can’t keep Obamacare. Now he pays Cigna $140/mo and his weekly appt is $125 because they don’t cover it.