Five years later, it’s difficult to argue with Obamacare’s success. Some 7 million people have signed up for insurance. The sick can no longer be barred from coverage, nor can the chronically ill be kicked to the curb.
Yet Republicans still rail that Obamacare is some socialist perversion. Democrats, meanwhile, often treat the plan as an illegitimate child they’d rather not acknowledge.
What both sides neglect to mention is their complicity in sabotaging the bill, selling out an unprecedented opportunity to the very guys who created the time bomb in the first place.
The president’s ultimate goal was coverage for the nation’s 48 million uninsured. In places such as Europe and Canada, the government pays basic health-care costs for all citizens. This type of insurance is often called “single-payer,” because one payer, the government, covers basic medical care.