Well, Medicare didn't roll out smoothly back in the 1960s, so I am not sure why we're writing the ACA offf based on initial glitches... not to mention what came out of Congress is not remotely what went IN (I read original bill, versus final ACA law. OMG. Forget itt. The original bill had its flaws, but what we ended up with is basically just a mess of letting the states and insurers do what they want anyway, only now we don't have the option of NOT buying insurance.)

I find it interesting that this keeps getting labeled "Obama". Congress wrote and passed the ACA. It's so heavily influenced by insurance industry lobbying interests I can't even call it a health care law. It's a law to make us buy insurance at whatever rates insurance feels like telling us are "profitable". Big Business wins again. As I'm a Rust Belter, this is neither a surprise, nor a shock, LOL.

If my state of residence would get its thumb outta its butt, I'd do well on the exchanges. However, I may move to Kentcuky, where it's doing pretty well for a lot of folks. Unfortunately, not in the cards. And I have to buy my own as my hubby's employer doesn't provide insurance and never did. (Another charming feature that was written in along the way: so many loopholes tehre's effectively nothing else.)

I'm disgusted by the ACA, the media hype against it, the whole shebang. THis could've been good and they let the stupid petty short-term thinking run the show (that is "I have to be re-elected and kiss Big BUsiness butt!"). Figures the only "airtight" law in the last 14 years would have to be the bleeping Patriot Act....

I dont think anybody, should be forced, or fined, into having health insurance..maybe if the damn drug companies, and the doctors, would do their job, and not have to worry about mal practice suits, we could all afford it...

Tort reform was supposed to be part of ACA to start. It was kiboshed. By lawyers. In Congress. Big surprise. *eyeroll*
The only people getting any benefits? Insurers. Blah.

I've met lots of people here in Florida who are ecstatic over having an opportunity at any kind of health care.
So in that vein, I think it is wonderful. We know the drug community won't do their job and congress is in their pockets, so ACA is a blessing to some.

Ok. So WHO really IS running the country then? Opinions, anyone?

NDY

Corporations, of course.

corporate america, aka, the extremly wealthy, obama, is just a puppet..

They're all just puppets. Muppets at best.

I mean, come *on*. Like there was ever any doubt both R & D parties would bail out Wall Street but not Main Street? As I said, cynical Rust Belter. I knew who came to help us when Big Steel peed on us. Yep. A whole lot of NO ONE.

Oligarchy. It's an ugly word.

tt is one big mess and going to get worse.

he's trying to copy the SWISS system, so if we want to view how it should end up, its easiest to just google the swiss healthcare system and see how it goes over there.

its one huge big mess. I signed up for it and they have not even sent out my application. I wont have coverage until april. It is a bunch of whack tho. Obama care needs to go

still a mess........................