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In reply to the discussion: I am for medicaid for all [View all]Doodley
(9,089 posts)is the moral case.
What Obama did with ACA was a big step in the right direction, but cost him a lot of political capital. I would have liked to see a stronger argument that it is the right thing to do, to provide more people with health care. I would have liked to see the Christian right have biblical quotes thrown at them about caring for others and looking after the sick and the weak.
I would have liked to see Republicans who blocked Medicare expansion labeled as mean-spirited, and callous. This is a moral issue. It is about our values and who we are, what kind of people we want to be. This is what it should have been about.
It is almost impossible in the UK for a politician to argue about taking healthcare away from people. This is how it should be in America. Where is the outrage? The outrage should be about denying people healthcare, instead it is about giving people healthcare.
The nasty, mean-spirited bastards should have been called out on it, but they were allowed to let their hate and poison fester and spread.