But I have kind of had it with ACA and Obama critics who seem to actually be opposed to what the ACA was designed to do--and no, that doesn't mean "kill all the olds with death panels", Sarah Palin--I mean it gets people who weren't covered by insurance before, covered. If something happens to them, they will weather the financial difficulty of getting the health care they need. That was the plan, everybody. That's all. Getting people covered. And more people are covered than before, and that was the plan.
It's not a bad thing, people getting to see doctors, and getting treated for maintenance-level health concerns they are insured for instead of us all footing the bill for health disasters. But the main thing is--there are well over 9 million people (well above the 7 million or so who signed up through the exchanges, anyway--that number will get sorted later) who have coverage now that might not have, or very well knew they would not have.
I'd like to think that if Republicans campaigned for repeal, as they have attempted to repeal it in the House (what the hell--is it like 50 times, now they voted against the ACA--after it passed?) maybe some of those people who are only covered because the ACA changed the field for them might fight for the coverage and piece of mind they have now that they didn't before.
Maybe it would be really cool if Democrats caught a clue and nailed the ACA skeptics to the ever-loving wall and asked what, just what, was so bad about people being able to afford going to doctors anyway?
Just a thought.
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