Oh, I'm a huge supporter of the Affordable Care Act and most certainly would be a Democrat myself were I to live in the United States.
Of course I believe that every American should have the right to affordable health care. We are very luck to live in such a great country as Canada. When I was nineteen, I had to have minor hernia surgery which would likely have bankrupted me if I had not been fortunate enough to live here and get the procedure done for nothing more than what we already pay in taxes.
Now, when I say that the Republicans have some legitimate concerns with the legistlation that is just coming into force now, I don't mean to argue that they're right. No piece of legislation is perfect and in my opinion, the good in this one far outweighs the bad. However, it is not lost on me that most labour unions, who are usually big supporters of Obama and Democrats in general, have raised huge concerns with some parts of the new law. Work hours being cut to 29.5 hours per week because the law requires employers who provide employment of thirty hours per week or more to provide health care insurance to their employees, that kind of thing. My father lived in Boston about a decade ago and saw all of these things happen there when they instituted Romneycare, which is what Obamacare is largely modeled after, on people at the state wide level.
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