Not like it's news but money talks. This article illustrates how warped the discussion on health care has been and the power of a quarter billion dollars in negative advertising.
There's definitely things in the affordable Care Act that I really don't like but overall it's a huge step forward. Like what? Abolition of preexisting conditions, no life time caps, children up to the age of 26 can go on their parents insurance.
We live in an era of chronic diseases so an occasional harried ER visit for the uninsured is a band aid on festering puss. We already spend oodles of money on health care. Enough to give everyone basic coverage if we had the will. Seems we don't.
