Reich's is at: http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/272-39/20576-three-obamacare-truths-that-the-republicans-ignore 3. http://m.democracynow.org/stories/14006
4. Although several analysts have suggested that the ACA is full of traps for
the people and outs for the health insurance industry, ( http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19692-obamacare-the-biggest-insurance-scam-in-history?tmpl=component&print=1
and http://paulcraigroberts.org/2013/02/03/obamacare-a-primer/ ),
the stated values and goals of the Act have huge political power for the
future. If people really can't or don't get what the Act promises, pressure
will mount for a real solution that does give them what they need. Already, in
Vermont, which is one of the states that have set up a state-based exchange,
the model is more like a Medicare extension, or as some call it, a "single
payer" system. (See http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/24/1258135/-Obama-just-launched-single-payer-in-America?detail=email
for details.) We need to understand that this health care fight is a long haul,
given the enormous power of the health insurance industry. It's one that should
never have been set up as a profit-earning business, because everyone needs
health care sooner or later. That's not the way any other insurance business
works; for fire insurance to work, only a few houses must burn down, not
everybody's!
5. See http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/opinion/krugman-obamacares-secret-success.html
7. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/opinion/sunday/right-vs-left-in-the-midwest.html
8. See the last paragraphs in: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/us/dont-dare-call-the-health-law-redistribution.html?ref=todayspaper
9. Calling the ACA an "Act" might suggest to some that it is
still in play. Calling it a Law" reminds everyone that it is the law.
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