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Unsealed9041@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Very true. Dems had a supermajority and sitting dem president in 2009 and chose to sit on their hands instead of fixing healthcare in a materially significant way or codifying abortion rights. They left abortion in the hands of a lady that had more cancers than a lab rat.

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DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The 2009 supermajority was very short lived. And abortion had been settled by the SC for decades. Not exactly a priority.

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- Unsealed9041@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It doesn’t seem so settled in the year 2026.
  
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- Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The bailouts were a priority. They sailed right through.
  
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ThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The ACA was far, far from perfect, but it still had one major provision that has saved thousands, possibly millions of lives in the years since. By barring insurance companies from refusing coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, or from charging them massively higher premiums, millions of people with chronic illnesses and millions more who have survived life-threatening diseases and injuries are still able to access health care today. Imagine what a clusterfuck post-COVID America would be if everyone who had a serious case was no longer insurable.

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