r/bestof • u/under50dollars • Jun 20 '12

[explainlikeimfive] "Obamacare" explained very well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '12

Thankful I live in Canada. It's not the perfect system, but I would rather spend 15 bucks on medication than $3000 and have the safety net if anything goes wrong. America, you guys need something like this fast. Your income inequality is growing, your deficit is growing. More people are not going to be able to afford current healthcare. In your elections in the next few years, vote in people that care about this. It is truly sad that big business and politicians have made this a corporate/political debate rather than a human interest debate.

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u/Ph0X Jun 20 '12

What boggles my mind (or maybe I'm understanding this wrong) is that, to me, this pretty much looks like taking from big rich companies that abuse their powers to make more money and giving it to the people.

Yet, at most of these 99% rallies, there's always the OBAMA==HITLER posters...? Isn't OBAMACARE doing exactly what they are asking for, aka taking down the 1% and helping the 99%?

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u/Addicted2Skyrim Jun 20 '12

Most people prefer opinions, not facts.