Man celebrating vote to repeal Obamacare learns he is on Obamacare

[Mr Puggsly]

DevilRising said:

Lawlight said:
Isn't Obamacare considered a failure by everyone?

It isn't perfect by any means, and wasn't the full step we actually needed. In fact, the worst part about the ACA was introduced by a Republican, if I'm remembering correctly, and that was the stipulation that now says everyone HAS to have some kind of insurance, or they get penalized. That never should have gone in. Punishing poor people who already can't afford healthcare, by charning them money for NOT having insurance, is sadistic.

It's hilarious to me that so many idiots refer to the ACA as "Socialism", when it's hte most Capitalist thing going. The biggest winner of Obamacare, outside of not being able to exclude people anymore, was the insurance industry.

It was socialist in the sense they were forcing people to pay for insurance and have high premiums to cover those who will be getting it for free. The penalties for not having insurance is part of that, forcing all of us to pay in.

I was uninsured for part of the year so I may have to pay a few hundred dollars. Unless Trump can maigcially make that not possible...