Joe K wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:47 pm
The Pod Save America guys are obviously huge Obama loyalists but to me that’s not exactly a reassuring anecdote. The ACA was essentially drafted by insurance industry lobbyists, and Obama spent a lot of time and political capital in a futile attempt to “unite the country” and get GOP support for his bill. He didn’t even try to include a public option in the bill. So perhaps it would’ve been better if he had a clearer vision for healthcare reform at the time he started running for President.
To be fair, I think Obama would have preferred a far more progressive healthcare plan, possibly even Medicare for All, but he needed to heavily compromise in order to get something passed. The Pod Save guys have talked about that in the past, and Obama felt it was more important to pass a partial reform than go for everything and get nothing.
On the plus side, Trump campaigned on such detailed plans as "a big beautiful health plan, it'll be so amazing, tremendous, nobody will believe how tremendous it will be, and it cost less money." Fortunately, 2 years in, Trump still has no plan for replacing the ACA, no plan for building his wall, no plan for, well, anything.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt