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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHolding Obamacare Hostage
Not allowing the 'public option' to even be discussed much less implemented really made a lot of us shake our heads in disgust.
Now the chickens are coming home to roost.
Greedy Insurers Trying To Drop Obamacare, Say Its Killing Profits, But Still Making Billions
Health insurance companies warn that losses from the Affordable Care Act are unsustainable and are seeking approval from state regulators to raise their premiums. Many insurers have also talked about dropping out of the marketplace altogether.
http://news.groopspeak.com/despite-billions-in-profits-healthcare-insurers-threaten-to-pull-out-of-obamacare/
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Holding Obamacare Hostage (Original Post)
SHRED
Apr 2016
OP
We will never, ever have single-payer and if you don't accept that you're voting for Trump.
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2016
#3
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)1. The bastards got their way, but that wasn't good enough
Time to shut down the entire health "insurance" industry and switch to single payer.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)2. Big money runs our country/Congress
It seems a bit hopeless to me.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)3. We will never, ever have single-payer and if you don't accept that you're voting for Trump.
Or so I've been told.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)4. You've got two choices
Either support Hillary or you support tRump.