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Originally Posted by wittynickname
The issue for me with the right is that the main complaints about Obama were pushing through the ACA--which provided millions with healthcare (it's very far from perfect, but it's better than before the ACA)--they take issue with the Obama administration pushing for more protection for marginalized Americans, pushing to close private prisons, pushing to protect our environment and working toward more renewable energy.
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I remember when CBC had that documentary on the greatest Canadians, and Tommy Douglas was selected from the results of Canadians voting... meanwhile a large chunk of the American right railed against Obama's efforts... (the irony of people with signs saying "keep your government hands off my medicare" is delicious)...
anyways, always found it peculiar that Americans (just under half at least) were against it and angrily so... i mean, you were up to that point, THE ONLY WESTERN DEMOCRACY without a form of universal healthcare... that's just mind boggling, especially for a country that sees itself as a "Christian Nation"... sure, Polifact said India and Turkey have policies that are underfunded and therefore 'don't have universal care', that's a silly argument. If they were, for example, the RICHEST COUNTRY ON EARTH, then their policy would be fully funded...
everyone on this board has had, undoubtedly, someone they are close to go through the health care system for something major and unplanned... I can only believe that they feel the same gratitude to the AHS and other Canadians for making universal health care one of the pillars of our nation that I do.
sadly, i think that partisanship has poisoned the minds of some and they will only come to that realization after a) discovering 'Obamacare' and the ACA are the same thing and b) Trump repeals it, leaving them high and dry.