While listening to a talk show today about the Affordable care Act, I heard the same political vitriol that accompanied the passage of the act. To be clear: the combined legislative chambers failed to fully read the act before passage, then the Dupublicans spent valuable time and taxpayers money in trashing it by attacking it with derogatory and mis information. This is still going on in spite of the success even with the poor rollout and accompanying issues. The Dupublicans and Scamocrats who are up for re-election in 2014 are all taking a hands off approach while not doing what they should have done in the first place and that is READ the act then offer input to better it. There has been more time spent on trashing it than was spent in understanding what it covers and how it would affect the recipients of the service. I for one am really tired of the Federal legislators invoking what the American people want when they do not know and possibly don’t care. Their focus is and has been how to stay in office long enough to reap the benefits afforded by being elected. No matter how poorly the rollout of the ACA was, it is the law and the folks who have successfully enrolled for health care are happy with it. The negatives I have heard are from people who have specific issues that would have caused them problems in any healthcare option. Some have stated that their premiums have increased and that is because the policy under ACA is a better policy than some of them previously had. Consider how many college students still have coverage under their parents plan, how many people have coverage now for preexisting conditions. On the face of it this act is an improvement for many and of course not so much for others while being neutral for the balance. We the people need to invoke “no more” votes for any elected official who has squandered “our time and money” electioneering instead of legislating.
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