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ACA.
But it could have been better. Like ALL things done, they are never perfect, they are never everything I want because I'm not the only person in the country, but if it moves the needle in the right direction I support it.
And the ACA was a compromise with Republicans. A lot was stripped out by Republican demand, and yet it was still such a massive improvement from the previous system.
That's the best part; none of the republicans voted for it and they immediately pledged to destroy it.
It's a subsidy for health insurers that's needlessly complicated and still makes healthcare inordinately expensive for most Americans, and required exactly as much buy-in from republicans as free healthcare would have: absolutely none.
Democrats had a supermajority and a massive mandate from the people, and chose to do what they thought the republicans would like. And then scratched their head when they got blown the fuck out in 2010.
. . . that the Democrats brought.