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lotsofpulplast Sunday at 10:01 AM2 repliesview on HN

All the Democrat led states have paid leave and higher minimum wages/overtime exempt laws. And higher unemployment benefits. And longer leave times for new moms. It’s also the Dem states that have free school lunches for kids and more robust Medicaid funding.

Democrats passed ACA, which made insurance even possible to purchase if you weren’t offered it by employer, and the annual out of pocket maximum, ban on pre existing conditions as a criteria for calculating premiums, and ACA premium credits made it more attainable than it was before ACA.

Build Back Better bill a couple years ago would have made paid leave policies nationwide and provided more assistance with childcare.


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tekkniklast Monday at 2:40 PM

Lets not forget higher taxes!

> Democrats passed ACA, which made insurance even possible to purchase if you weren’t offered it by employer, and the annual out of pocket maximum, ban on pre existing conditions as a criteria for calculating premiums, and ACA premium credits made it more attainable than it was before ACA.

Have you actually ever purchased a plan from the website? The last time I checked, the costs were the same as if I had a plan on my own. Also you could get policies prior to ACA, but were subject to health exams and non-coverage of preexisting conditions. In fact, one could argue that all ACA accomplished of benefit was forcing coverage of preexisting conditions. But let's also not forget the fine, which was applied to people who did not have health insurance under the assumption that it was a choice. In reality, people don't have health insurance if they can't afford it which made the penalty functionally a tax on the poor.

You speak of ACA like everybody will agree with you. A decade later I'm still mad at Obama and want my $4k back.

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lurk2last Sunday at 4:51 PM

> All the Democrat led states have paid leave and higher minimum wages/overtime exempt laws. And higher unemployment benefits

They also have significantly higher unemployment rates.

> Build Back Better bill a couple years ago

This bill was named after policy advanced by people who want to turn the general population into a class of permanent renters.