Matt Bors for April 04, 2014
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Son: I did it! I signed up for Obamacare in time! Father: We're so proud of you, son. Mother: Here, have another trophy. Father: With YOUNG INVINCIBLES paying in, it will help keep costs down for us older folks! Father: And now we're going to gut your generation's social security. Mother: How's the job search going?
A week later, the young man is in a car wreck with an uninsured driver that leaves him permanently disabled but because of the ACA, he’ll have health care and retraining to help him cope with his disability.How many people have paid for car insurance all of their lives and never once had to use it? How many homes have been legally required to have insurance but never had to use it?The ACA is definitely a flawed bill that needs politicians able to work together to fix it and make it the world class product the USA used to produce. Sadly, with SCOTUS deciding that money limits in political races is unconstitutional, the Citizen’s United ruling, and the widening income gap between the wealthy, middle class, and poor, it is unlikely that good legislators will be chosen. And even if they are, new laws effecting elections make it more difficult and even more intimidating for voters to register and vote.There are better ways of doing things, but we cannot do them if we are shouting and insulting instead of taking turns communicating.Respectfully,C.