Quote Originally Posted by Warriorbird View Post
None of those systems would've happened under the Republican Presidential candidate. This system would've happened under Mitt Romney too.

"Free market" ways would be a totally corrupt disaster, as such notions always are. With that said, while no Republicans ever had any intention of cooperating or negotiating with Obama on this bill (it was all lies) he actually did a really good job of producing one that makes the insurance industry and pharmaceutical industry happy.

Taking advantage of Social Security and then whining about it will always be hypocritical.
Of course the insurance and pharmaceutical industry are happy, they wrote the thing as a giant subsidy program for themselves. You need less profit per customer if you have more (legally forced) customers.