Bernie fans, this is a quick summary of what government health care looks like

[Cal Carpenter]

11. MfA is NOT nationalized health care.

I would suggest reading the plans written & endorsed by Sanders, Warren and others before making such a false comparison.

As for the ACA - I have insurance through the ACA. Thank goodness, because otherwise I'd have nothing. However, it becomes more expensive each year - I am currently paying around 14% of my gross household income on premiums alone. It could be a bit less, but the trade off would be having a $12,500 deductible and we're too old to take chances like that. So my deductible is "only" $2500. Plus out of pocket for co-pays, prescriptions, dental, and optical.

It is FAR FROM BEAUTIFUL. My choices decrease every year, as private insurers pull out of county after county, which complicates things in terms of in-network specialists. My premiums increase each year and have become almost prohibitively expensive. And every year I have to go through the application process even though nothing on my end is changing. More than once I've been required to provide additional documentation to prove my income (even though they already have access to that information and it is always what I say it will be).

It is NOT beautiful, it has some good points and bad points, but the bottom line is that 80 million+ Americans are still under-insured or uninsured.

If we can't do better than this, in the richest country in the world, than we aren't trying hard enough.