Affordable Care Act MY ASS
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Not that I want to excuse Obama and his administration, but I just want to remind everyone that overpriced healthcare has been a problem for several decades, and Republicans also never do shit about it. All they did when ACA was being drafted was run around like Steve fucking Ballmer screaming 'death panels'
So tired of people acting like health care wasn't a problem until Obama appeared. It was, which is why ACA got any traction to begin with.
To be clear, healthcare became expensive when government got involved (auto insurance still cheap). Government stifled competition (zero cross state options), mandated services and so much more. The key here is competition, there is very little competition anymore.
I agree, Republicans didn't do shit, and we all know what the Democrats were up to.
They also stifled competition by limiting the number of doctors through the medical school system, control that was later codified in law as being antitrust-exempt. And lots of other ways.
Government did become involved with auto insurance. It's required by law in just about every state. When you have to buy it, they can charge far more than they would otherwise be able to if they had to sell it on its own merits.
You are correct, but the tentacles go far deeper with health insurance than it does with auto insurance.