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In reply to the discussion: 'Compassionless': Lawsuit says Bernie Sanders campaign demoted staffer day after cancer surgery [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)But thanks for your attempt to explain it for anyone who's not aware of what it is. If I were to ever try to explain it to someone from a country that already has universal healthcare, I sure wouldn't be claiming that the US already has universal healthcare in the form of ACA. ACA was a small step in the right direction, but not by any stretch of the imagination can it be considered an example of universal healthcare...
on edit: I just went and took a look at the Democratic Party platform on healthcare as I figured they'd be in support of some level of improvement on what you all have now, but wasn't sure how far they're pushing.
https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/the-issues/health-care/#:~:text=%E2%80%9C%20Democrats%20have%20been%20fighting%20to%20secure%20universal,passed%20Medicare%2C%20Medicaid%2C%20and%20the%20Affordable%20Care%20Act.%E2%80%9D
I got a sense of resting on the laurels of ACA and working to protect and preserve it, which is understandable given the attempts to dismantle it. But they seem aware that ACA isn't universal healthcare, and that more needs to be done to bring the US in line with the healthcare systems of other countries...