"Obamacare"

[Stinky The Clown]

That term frosts my ass.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am unhappy with ACA because it wimped out on single payer, wimped out on Medicare For All, and was a huge gift to the for profit parts of the healthcare industry. We could have had better but we don't.

I am also not the biggest fan of President Obama because he is far too often a centrist instead of a real liberal.

That's the disclosure. Now for the point.

The term "Obamacare" is completely unflattering to Obama, and serves only the right wing agenda. The term, at best, is derisive. It doesn't foster debate.

I can understand when a Rush Hannity, Bill Limbaugh, or Heidi Ingraham uses the term. They intend to insult and incite.

But what's up with news reporters? Liberal talking heads?

[Xyzse]

1. It Is Another Case Of!

Using the Right's words to define the issues which detracts from the Left's point.

[CBHagman]

2. I chalk it up to laziness.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPCA, or ACA (Affordable Care Act) would be the accurate way to go, and indeed the Associated Press has been treating "Obamacare" as a coinage with derogatory implications.

But a corporate media is all about eyeballs and ears, and conflict. So anything that allows them to cut corners in putting forth a narrative (Fight! Fight! The Democrats and Republicans are having a fight!) is the way they'll go.

[Poll_Blind]

3. I'm pretty much on the same page as you are. I try to use PPACA instead.

I've noticed, though, that the particular term has been used widely outside of the right wing talking heads and been used quite a bit here in a non-pejorative sense.. When I post about it, I try to use PPACA and then include "Obamacare" in quotes so at least people know what I'm talking about. I've heard Howard Dean use the term, for instance, making the distinction that "it's called Obamacare because Obama does care".

I don't like the term, though. It has its roots in the fucking town hall meeting frenzy, Obama-as-the-Joker bullshit from the summer before the law was passed. And most of that shit was racially-based, IMO.

I guess I look at the poster using the term and what their point is. IMO, again, it should be referred to (first) as PPACA.

PB

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Well said

[libtodeath]

5. Once more it shows that we are terrible at messaging.

While Democrats in congress debated the bill and its components repukes were from the start opposed to whatever it would be,gave it a name and the so called librul media in their lazyness kept it.

[cbayer]

6. The Obama administration has embraced the term, a very smart political move, imo.

[kudzu22]

7. Obama actually had very little to do with the crafting of the bill

But unfortunatly Obamacare rolls off the tongue better than ReidandPelosicare or Ignorantmoderatecare.