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Fans of Luigi forget that the "Affordable Care Act" (cough, cough) was entirely written by Industry Lobbyists and passed the Democrat-controlled House on November 7, 2009, on a vote for 220-215 with 1 Republican voting for it and 39 Democrats voting against it.

It passed the Democrat-controlled Senate, with amendment, on December 24, 2009, on a vote of 60-39 with zero Republicans voting for it and zero Democrats voting against it. (Bernie Sanders, Independent, voted for it).

The House agreed to the Senate amendments on March 21, 2010, on a vote of 219-212 with zero Republicans voting for it and 34 Democrats voting against it.

It was signed into law by Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

During his 2008 Presidential campaign, Obama said over a dozen times that premiums would go down and that the average yearly family premium cost would go down $2500 a year. And "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

Then there's all the rabbit holes one could down: The "individual mandate" - is it a penalty or a tax? John Roberts can decide that out of thin air. The "health exchanges". The "subsidies". The "employer mandate". Dependents until age 26. Medicare Part D. State waivers. Co-ops. Changes in nutrition labeling. And on and on and on.

Remember, Nancy Pelosi said about the legislation, "We'll have to pass the bill to find out what's in it..."

One could easily say that the Democrats own this, but we all know if the modern-day Republicans were in charge they would be using the same industry lobbyists to get the legislation written. They wouldn't be reading the bill, either. This happened a couple weeks ago with the Continuing Resolution.

Most Democrats don't want to honestly talk about it, anyway. Their attitude boils down to "Give me Single Payer or Give me Luigi!"

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