One of the main differences between somebody that gets labeled "liberal" and somebody that gets labeled "conservative" is their willingness to take risks and try new things. A person who is more conservative is more likely to calculate the risk as well as the outcome before trying something new. A person who is more liberal will generally call it a new experience and be open to taking more risk. That is why we tend to view conservatives as sticklers and rule followers while we view liberals as willy nilly and not thoughtful.
And so we have Obamacare. Here's the thing about healthcare in America, right now it doesn't work. The system we have does not work, it does not insure everyone, a lot of poor people don't have access to healthcare, a lot of women don't have normal preventive care services covered, a lot of people with pre-existing conditions can not be insured. These things are not ok, and these are the things that need to change.
Obamacare is not perfect. Nothing is really ever perfect. But Obamacare is something new. It is different from how we have been doing things for a long time. It is a risk. It is possible that it won't work. But anytime anything is implemented it is possible that it won't work. It is also possible that it will be great.
If I ever were to meet somebody who had at some point in their lives genuinely wondered how or if they would ever be insured again. Someone who has a pre-existing condition. Who doesn't have healthcare provided to them by work. Who doesn't have them money to pay for private healthcare as it is now. That is against Obamacare, I would begin to dig more deeply into why and things would need to be different.
As it stands right now, the only people I have heard being so outraged by this new law, are middle to upper class white people with insurance. And for those people, I suppose it sucks because now that the playing field will be level you will have to pay your share in taxes. But besides taxes being raised, I can't seem to find a way that allowing other people to be insured hurts these people that are complaining. In fact, much like some of the other hot button arguments, I haven't heard one single REAL argument against Obamacare. I have heard that poor people should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps, as if they are just sitting around being happy about being poor. I have heard that women and people with pre-existing conditions SHOULD be discriminated against, because it's not discrimination, their care costs more so they should pay more. (except some companies WON'T insure these people not even for higher premiums).
Obamacare is a little bit socialist in that it asks people to make sacrifices for other people. Small not actually noticeable sacrifices. And it is a risk. A huge risk. Changing the face of healthcare in America is a huge risk, it could backfire, everyone could be uninsured, the country could catch fire, women might start thinking they deserve reasonably priced healthcare, poor people might start thinking they are entitled to not die of diseases while living in the richest country in the world. These are risks I'm willing to take if it means a more insured America.
