• bigfondue@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Yes. Affordable Care Act funnels tax dollars to the insurance companies by giving subsidies to individuals to buy health plans.

      • TomArrr@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        But they were directing those public companies on how it was spent. Neo Liberal is about lassiez faire capitalism, not social capitalism

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      2 days ago

      For sure. It is a market-centric solution that gave billions of dollars in additional profit to existing health insurance corporations.

      Especially since the public option was killed.

      • TomArrr@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        Even though neo Liberal is about hands off government. Obama Care directed private companies on how they were to behave. How can that be neo Liberal?

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 day ago

          They’re only hands off when it comes to things like social safety nets. Obamacare was basically corporate welfare.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              11·
              9 hours ago

              What? Obamacare included an insurance mandate that required everyone to sign up or face penalties.

              To sign up for healthcare provided by a corporation. It was a major handout.

              It was literally Mitt Romney and the Heritage Foundation’s plan in MA originally.