we had a so called free market BEFORE Obamacare and millions went without insurance and with insurance we had record bankruptcies and we had health care insurance prices going up double digit in price each year the previous decade, with less and less coverage.
Yes the prices went up with OCare, but AT LEAST we GOT MORE for the price with preexisting condition coverage, with no cap limits so less individual bankruptcies, with covering children longer, with measures to increase care, etc etc etc.... and yes, OCare still needed a lot more work done to it to make it more affordable....
BTW, there is no free market in health care....there never was....the government is involved up to its EYEBALLS! VA care, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, Military health care like Tricare, Military medical coverage, tax write offs for employers giving a health care benefit, CHIPS- child healthcare coverage, all govt worker coverage, funding medical schools, funding research and development, preventing the negotiation on PHARMA prices, health savings accounts, tax deductions for the individual etc etc etc etc etc.....it goes on, forever and a day!
THIS IS WHY IT IS SIMPLY BULL CRAP this line that conservatives want a FREE MARKET to bring prices down....
THERE IS NO FREE MARKET, WITH OR WITHOUT obamacare....our government has been totally involved manipulating the market, for a century!
Just think about it....