Came here to echo this. I would have had no health care at all over the past few years if not for Obamacare and my state’s embrace of Medicaid expansion. The ACA is far from perfect but not as far as the previous situation was.
My late uncle was a diehard racist Fox News enthusiast who would loudly complain about his taxes going to support lazy freeloaders, and he perceived no contradiction while moments later gloating over how incredibly low his own Medicare premiums were despite his amassed wealth.
Cognitive dissonance is a big thing with, y’know, [looks around furtively, whispers:] those people.
