Side note related to the above: at the time ACA was passed, about one-third of the uninsured were making more than $50,000 a year. Obviously those people could afford it; the reason they didn't have insurance was because they didn't WANT it.
And I understand why they didn't want it. I've been through the insurance system once; it sucks biblical ass. The only reason you would FORCE people to get health insurance is if you hate them and wish them to suffer. If liberals really wanted to reform health care, they could have made it about actual CARE. They could have skipped the middleman completely.
Side note related to the above: at the time ACA was passed, about one-third of the uninsured were making more than $50,000 a year. Obviously those people could afford it; the reason they didn't have insurance was because they didn't WANT it.
And I understand why they didn't want it. I've been through the insurance system once; it sucks biblical ass. The only reason you would FORCE people to get health insurance is if you hate them and wish them to suffer. If liberals really wanted to reform health care, they could have made it about actual CARE. They could have skipped the middleman completely.