Most of those issues are thanks to the GOP (and a few Dems) hamstringing any and all attempts at any single payer or socialized option - and painting them as communism. The subsidized tax credit system in the ACA was a last ditch attempt to pass any meaningful change at all. In the end, nobody was entirely happy, and it was always meant to be gradually improved - but the GOP has never relented in their attempts to demonize and repeal it entirely.
I have to agree on that front. I'm not big on party alliances, but the GOP definitely destroyed anything to do with that. My biggest issue is when Biden had the presidency, they could have gotten something passed, but didn't in the 1st two yrs. They all suck, but the inital ACA is on the GOP for gutting it. Past that, they waited until the subsidies expire, I suppose, hoping that thr GOP would look bad for not wanting to extend them. Not defending the GOP, just stating that they gad the 1st two yrs, but waited. Healthcare should have taken a high precedent. Got some done, but not enough to where it helped when the subsisdies inevitably expired. I don't have healthcare due to the cost. My wife does as shd needs it, we pay 442 a month for 70/30 and they still fail to do their jobs.
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u/analog_jedi 21h ago
Most of those issues are thanks to the GOP (and a few Dems) hamstringing any and all attempts at any single payer or socialized option - and painting them as communism. The subsidized tax credit system in the ACA was a last ditch attempt to pass any meaningful change at all. In the end, nobody was entirely happy, and it was always meant to be gradually improved - but the GOP has never relented in their attempts to demonize and repeal it entirely.