Quote:For starters, being forced to purchase something that I don't want/need is a failure of our government system.


Next, because of Obamacare, the cost of my health insurance has gone up considerably.


How much money has been <del>spent</del> wasted in order to implement this law?


Who is being affected the most when it comes to bearing the burden of this law? I'll give you a couple of hints. It's not the upper class and it's not the lower class. It starts with "middle" and ends in "class".

1. You don't need health insurance? Are you superman? Come on man, it sounds like you got co-opted by the propaganda... everyone will eventually need insurance. Healthy people who shirk the buy in increase rates for the entire population. That's how health insurance works. It's also why a public option makes the most sense.


2. While I'm sorry that your rates went up, there are other folks less fortunate than you whose rates went down. There are even other folks that finally have insurance that didn't before. My wife's parents, for instance.


3. Prior to the aca, my insurance rates were increasing yearly at a large rate, and my coverage was decreasing. The aca has slowed down that, and my coverage has actually gone up.


I don't think you're looking at the big picture.


I still think Medicare for all, or a true public option is the best bet for the future. But unless you just woke up in 2010, prior to the aca, you'll remember how out of control the health care situation was. Both parties recognized that reform was needed.


And let's not forget the aca was the solution first put forth by the heritage foundation...

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