if you remember that the president wanted single payer -- and his opponents did not want it, then the system we have is certainly a compromise.
if you recognize that it is a basically republican plan that was pushed through by democrats, then it is certainly bipartisan, even if it didn't get bipartisan votes.
because the GOP at the time, and for 8 years since, didn't care if Obama tried to get congress to pass a law saying kittens are cute, they would oppose it, it's hardly surprising that republicans didn't vote for their own plan.
if you look at any of a myriad of polls that ask about specific elements of the healthcare act, not about "obamacare" or "the ACA" or "the healthcare omnibus" as a whole, a great deal of what it contains was and remains popularly supported, like no longer being blacklisted for pre-existing conditions, reducing unnecessary procedures, increasing overall national coverage, letting children stay on their parents insurance plans until they are well into their 20's, or the elimination of lifetime caps on insurance claims. all of these things have greater than 50% support and some have over 75% support.
if you recognize that it is a basically republican plan that was pushed through by democrats, then it is certainly bipartisan, even if it didn't get bipartisan votes.
because the GOP at the time, and for 8 years since, didn't care if Obama tried to get congress to pass a law saying kittens are cute, they would oppose it, it's hardly surprising that republicans didn't vote for their own plan.
if you look at any of a myriad of polls that ask about specific elements of the healthcare act, not about "obamacare" or "the ACA" or "the healthcare omnibus" as a whole, a great deal of what it contains was and remains popularly supported, like no longer being blacklisted for pre-existing conditions, reducing unnecessary procedures, increasing overall national coverage, letting children stay on their parents insurance plans until they are well into their 20's, or the elimination of lifetime caps on insurance claims. all of these things have greater than 50% support and some have over 75% support.