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The more the Democrats in Congress freak out about it, there more of a "perception problem" there is. There is simply not going to be an easy way to implement a new massive system like this without some difficulties and Republicans have- in large part- made things 100X more difficult in a lot of ways starting with making Medicaid expansion optional, states refusing to set up their own exchanges, states harassing navigators and making their jobs harder, running ads trying to discourage young people from signing up (as laughable as the ads may be). The response to all of these concerns should be on fixing and strengthening parts of the law, not weakening it, which is what the Republicans are focused on and now that the media is pushing out sensationalistic stories and the right wing is howling about canceled insurance policies, some Democrats are starting to worry about the law becoming toxic in advance of next year's midterms and are starting to embrace some of the right-wing/MSM rhetoric and "concerns" about the law. It's an extremely disturbing/disquieting spectacle. I just hope it all eventually gets quietly fixed and we all move on to the next manufactroversy. It's amazing- and sad- that it seems like it's politically easier to go to war in this country on false/exaggerated pretenses than it is to try to reform healthcare in this country. It just aggravates and depresses me to no end...............
