The Republican opposition removed the public option from ACA, which, in my opinion, effectively denuded it. Originally Posted by Yssup RiderHahaha... yet another failed attempt at historical revisionism by yssup. Dems controlled both houses of Congress in 2010. Republicans were completely shut out of the crafting of the ACA. Public option was dropped because too many DEMOCRATS opposed it. Those are FACTS.
And if you think the ACA was unaffordable as passed, any legislation that contained a public option would have been really, really, really unaffordable!!!
You lose again, yssup.