Look, my mom is a diabetic with COPD (she's on oxygen). My dad had a heart attack (although he is now on Medicare). Without the ACA, my mom probably wouldn't be able to get insurance (no oxygen concentrator), and my dad probably wouldn't be able to get supplemental insurance. All of these conditions arose after the ACA. In March 1988 I was born premature at 30 weeks, after my mom spent more than 3 months on bedrest, in a birth with two dozen attending nurses, doctors, and specialists. I spent a few months in NICU, and by August, the insurance company was trying to deny further coverage for my apnea monitor because of the lack of any incidents since my birth (luckily my dad, an attorney, had the teeth to fight back).
It's not hyperbole when I say this is a matter of life and death. Republicans supporting repeal of the ACA are actively taking steps to jeopardize the lives of americans, including my family, and that under the old system, I, as an infant with a high risk of mortality, almost had a potentially life-saving device taken away. Tens of thousands of fatalities are prevented every year because of provisions in the ACA, and repealing the ACA will, in other words, directly cause tens of thousands of Americans to die.
It is becoming incredibly difficult to remain civil with conservatives in government, and I have already recognized and lamented the signs of radicalization in my own thought processes in response to their continuous assaults on our political and civil institutions and well being, and if they continue down this path, I fear for what actions may be taken by or towards institutions and people in general, myself included.
Your ideology is worthless if it brings pain and suffering to others.
