Cruz being your boy is equivalent to your eluding to me being a Democrat. But you don't like people playing your game... got it sman.
I think you meant ALLUDED. And if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck (i.e. - blaming Republicans for the faults of this terrible law), then yes, I would think that person leans more left than right. Does that make them (you) a Democrat? I don't know. But based on some of the things you've posted, I don't think that's too far of a stretch for someone to think. If my ALLUDING that you are a Democrat offends you, my apologies. But my perception of what you've stated on this forum leads me to believe that, as I said above, you lean more left than right.
And you can play any game that you want. If I've posted something on here that would remotely make a person think that Cruz is "my boy", please point it out. You see, the difference is you've said some things that would make one think you are liberal and I've said ZERO in support of Cruz.
Yada yada yada, no the old system was not very good, unless you had a government job, Medicaid, Medicare, VA, or worked for a large employer... and was headed downhill fast. Interesting how you have such fond memories of a program that discriminated against small business and their employees... not to mention people that needed health insurance because of an existing health issue.
And yet, the old system was better than what we have now. You may disagree, but anyone who has to actually pay for their health insurance knows this is the truth. Add to that the higher taxes some of us have to pay and it's a double whammy. We now have doctors refusing to see patients who have on-exchange plans. Same network as their sister off-exchange plans, but doctors won't take them. We have an ever increasing middle class who are now going uninsured because they can no longer afford their premiums (which have more than doubled in two years). So all this law did was move the uninsured from one class to another.
I understand how a bill works... you, obviously, are ignorant of the Obamacare defunding components whittled into the "Fiscal Cliff" deal.
I'm well aware of PROPOSED cuts, but I have yet to see any of the funding for Obamacare be cut. You've been given multiple opportunities to point to those specific areas and all you could do was link to a proposed amendment that is not law.
Thank you, but I will pass on attempting to forget single payer and you should too, if health insurance is your gig. It's where we are headed.
Health insurance has never been my primary gig. I stopped marketing it more than 6 years ago as the writing was on the wall. I'm opposed to single payer for the very reasons I listed earlier. It has nothing to do with any income I receive in that market (which is less than 10% of my total income at this point).