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To: koan who wrote (990210)	12/25/2016 5:39:40 PM
From: Stock Puppy	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Respond to of 1569402

He went with the ACA, because it was originally Republican idea and he thought that would make it easy to get through Congress. Boy was he fooled. After a year of stalling and screwing around, not one single Republican voted for it. And Bush was able to get Democrats to agree to things - because the Democrats are "nice guys"??? (insert picture of Bill the Cat making his trademark sound) I would say it is a mark of leadership (for all of Bush's warts - okay get off the floor now, it's still true). And since he passed it - good or not - it belongs to him - wimpy excuse: "it was a republican idea"<- no go. Also, didn't Obama have a couple of years with Democrat majority in the legislature? For single payer, whoever puts that through (if ever) needs to do something to get costs under control first. Look - I believe leadership involves accepting that, as Truman said, "the buck stops here" The person in charge takes the blame, no excuses. That's how I roll at work - if my assistant messes up - I proudly say that it rarely happens - but when it does, I apologize and make it more than right. As to the POTUS: If he/she/pronoun cannot get the wonderful thing done, it is not because of "those other people". The buck stops here ("oh but what about that bright light shining in my eyes?") Whatever happened during Bush's tenure, is Bush's fault (I know you cannot disagree with that! :-)) Same with Obama. Will be the same with Trump. Guys, calm down - he hasn't even started yet - let him take office, then you can recriminate! I know you stubbed your toe and it hurts, once he takes office then you can blame him for that! :-) We do know though, that the ACA has caused health premiums to come down (overall) and allowed close to 30 million people to get better health insurance at a lower price. I can only speak from my experience - I and others I know have been both positively and negatively affected by ACA - I've seen premiums go up, the quality of the insurance offered by employers go down (higher deductibles, copays and there is that 40% tax on insurance plans above a certain $ amount for employers who want to give their employees better) and some insurance offered to students via the college more than doubled. House of cards can stand only so long - assuming what you say is correct - how much longer will ACA be viable? Isn't it true that companies are leaving the ACA like crazy? usatoday.com Medicare almost always pay for needed health care. If you find a doctor that takes it, and then there is the hole for meds coverage.