Interesting viewpoint. I personally liked Barry Care. I also am not a 1 issue person and I agree with you that 2a is important. Its one of my top 3.
I wasn't gonna get into it because then this thread will go on and on and on and on and on. So do not reply, this is just a FYI. Even though I posted the same thing and you didn't follow instructions in another post.
Barry care is the only product that forced people to buy. Which would make sense why you like it.
My insurance went from $120 a month to $400 a month. This was still manageable for me, but I got friends who's premiums went from $600 to $1400 a month. And we're not talking about inflation of 3-10%. Yes, I econ101. (remember "your rates won't increase". Inflation OK, but 4X the cost is not inflation)
Then I lost my good plan that I had and had to choose another one (remember the "you can keep your plan")
1 thing thing that Barry care did for working people in HI was hit our wallets. In 1974, HI has a prepaid healthcare law that all employers must offer their employees if they work X amount of hours for X amount of weeks. So when I was part time, I declined health care and saved the money instead. Thanks to Barry Care, now 1 got fined for not having insurance.
Barry Care should have never been law. Instead if the government really cared about those uninsured, they would pay for any medical bills. But no, they want us to pay, hence the premium increases. Then you have jerkoffs like Jimmy Kimmel cry on TV cause now his son can get the surgery he needed. Like this guy doesn't have cash to pay for said surgery. Instead now he uses insurance and the carriers pay. Which cause them to increase rates for all to make up for like surgeries.