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iamnothere on May 1, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1k

The media likes to associate the ACA with Obama, who was at least nominally on the left. This conveniently covered up the fact that the ACA was based on Romneycare, a vehicle from the neoliberal "center" designed to prevent truly disruptive reform.

The ACA was a stalling tactic, and it has been rather successful in that role. People are starting to see through the ruse though.

Gibbon1 on May 1, 2019 [–]

> designed to prevent truly disruptive reform.

That's been my opinion, more or less the ACA was just to set the take by the Insurance/Health care parasites to 17% GDP no more no less.

Healthy SF was really about access and outcomes.

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