Huge Sigh of Relief
Jun. 28th, 2012 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsAfter a brief bobble, the court passed the Affordable Care act. That was a really touch-and-go thing, and I've got to give Obama huge props for getting it passed: this is something the Democratic party has been trying to do since Truman.
I know that the opposition is still gunning for "Obamacare," especially now that it's being equated with taxes, but me? I kinda like the idea of the mandate being lumped in with taxes. Because that is the first fractional step towards single-payer, tax supported health care. I would love to see that come to my country in my lifetime.
In the meantime, I don't know what is more tragicomic: all the people squealing that they're so horrified by health care reform that they're going to emigrate to Canada with its single-payer "socialist" health care, or that Romney's official platform is now "Vote for me; I'm the only one who can stop the health care reform that I initiated."
I know that the opposition is still gunning for "Obamacare," especially now that it's being equated with taxes, but me? I kinda like the idea of the mandate being lumped in with taxes. Because that is the first fractional step towards single-payer, tax supported health care. I would love to see that come to my country in my lifetime.
In the meantime, I don't know what is more tragicomic: all the people squealing that they're so horrified by health care reform that they're going to emigrate to Canada with its single-payer "socialist" health care, or that Romney's official platform is now "Vote for me; I'm the only one who can stop the health care reform that I initiated."
