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stymerson

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20. The OP isn't criticizing the ACA
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 10:36 PM
Dec 2013

Nowhere does the OP criticize the ACA.

This is what the OP said:

"It's funny how before the 2012 election, every DU thread about Obamacare was in favor of it. But soon after the 2012 election, and especially starting around October 2013, there have been soooooo many threads where the DUers are bashing Obamacare."

"Why did they all of a sudden change their minds? The Obamacare that they are bashing now is the same Obamacare that they supported for five years. Why are they now, all of a sudden, changing their minds about it? "

As a lurker at both Free Republic and DU, and who is too young to vote anyway, I think the writer's question is legitimate and deserves to be answered.

The ACA that is being so heavily criticized by so many on the left today today is the same ACA that was being praised so heavily by the left in 2010. The poll numbers show a huge drop in support for the ACA over the past few months. Why is this? It's the same law now that it was then. Since it's the same law now that it was, why are so many people who praised it then, criticizing it now?

The Freepers may be inbred, scientifically illiterate imbeciles, but at least they are consistent in their opinions of the ACA.

My social studies teacher says France has the world's best health care at only half the cost of our system. So why can't we just copy what they do?

Yes please. progressoid Dec 2013 #1
I am one of those people who is caught in that glitch, and so are a family who are close friends of loudsue Dec 2013 #2
Same here... freebrew Dec 2013 #3
All in all, I'm REALLY glad we have a national health insurance program, so everyone can loudsue Dec 2013 #4
Oh, right... freebrew Dec 2013 #15
Actually, families caught in the glitch can opt out of insurance with penalty... Barack_America Dec 2013 #25
We are also victims of the family glitch. aroach Dec 2013 #5
This "glitch" only exists because of the GOP positions on the ACA SharonAnn Dec 2013 #6
I understand how you feel. MrsKirkley Dec 2013 #7
Yes, but aroach Dec 2013 #11
Medi-Cal is GREAT! stocksthatgoup Dec 2013 #12
I wish I knew why the president is ignoring the family glitch MrsKirkley Dec 2013 #8
They're not getting insurance - just no fine. Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #14
I don't know whether he's ignoring it. Jim Lane Dec 2013 #16
My family is in the exact same boat. logosoco Dec 2013 #9
Glitch, my ass. Seems entirely intentional to me as intentionally is the only way it would happen. TheKentuckian Dec 2013 #10
God Bless stocksthatgoup Dec 2013 #13
This thread is being discussed at Free Republic stymerson Dec 2013 #17
And? Agschmid Dec 2013 #18
So? Obamacare isn't even close to perfect. It is, at best, a start... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #19
The OP isn't criticizing the ACA stymerson Dec 2013 #20
And the link you posted to Free Republic claimed we were... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #21
It's not as if this "glitch" is new. stymerson Dec 2013 #22
Because keeping it shaves $50 billion off the price of the ACA. Barack_America Dec 2013 #23
Here'a another ACA issue that affects families, but they're not calling it a "glitch." stymerson Dec 2013 #24
There's apparently another glitch that LibDemAlways Dec 2013 #26
This piece especially stinks and is a strong clue that enriching the cartel is higher in the pecking TheKentuckian Dec 2013 #27
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