• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You mean that one time for 3 months during Obamas term, where they were focused on trying to get Healthcare reform in? Because there’s no other time in recent history where the dems controlled both houses with a dem potus

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      9 months ago

      Democrats had control of the senate, house of reps and presidency from jan 20th '21 to jan 3 23.

      the current GOP control happened after the midterms in '22, at which point all progress stopped on, basically anything short of the most basic level of governance.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah actually, because what we got was a repackaged healthcare bill that was written by none other than Obama’s presidential opponent Mitt Romney. It was a fucking godsend to insurance companies and hasn’t actually improved health outcomes for the average American. In fact if the current burnout working people in the Healthcare profession is anything to go by, this age of insurance is diametrically opposed to serving the public.

      Or we could talk about Clinton’s pull yourself up by your boots straps impact on social safety nets and gutting of Wall Street and bank regulations maybe?

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        9 months ago

        Even with its warts and all, the ACA is a godsend compared to what we had before, and even that barely passed.