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It wasn't originally constitutionally required, but presidents who served two terms have traditionally followed George Washington's example and gotten false teeth.

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[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The ACA is the only reason I'm alive, so fuck off.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your local medical system and its workers is the reason you're alive. You'd be just as alive under a Single Payer model or a fully public health care model. Its very possible you'd be alive without the ACA, just a lot broker.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for telling me what my life experiences are

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

You're welcome

[–] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The ACA is the only reason you pay thousands to insurance companies every year.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah I forgot insurance didn't exist before 2008.

You fucking dumbass.

[–] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

The ACA specifically prevented socialized medicine, as a hand out to insurance companies. In a lot of ways, it was the best possible deal for insurance companies. It essentially wrote into law that they must exist. If not for the ACA, we wouldn't all be paying thousands to insurance companies because they'd have been made illegal for all serious illnesses/injuries.