Who said that? Try sticking to what I wrote. Please don't rewrite it and argue against that (strawman.)

That doesn't make sense and requires quite a bit of leg work, meaning most Americans aren't going to do it. I'd also imagine there are provisions inside this law that won't allow people to do this. It would negate the entire point of the ACA in the first place.

More people will buy insurance, thus lowering the cost of insurance. That's how the market place works. Likewise, those who are insured won't get hosed when they get sick (I know about this from first hand experience) nor will they have caps on what the insurance company will pay if they do decide to pay for care.

Those who can not afford to pay will be picked up by the expansion of Medicaid.

What is the difference? We just use the cheap pairs from the drug store.

The GOP have always been better at conveying a message (true or not, although usually false) and in this case were able to define Obama's healthcare legislation instead of him. The article clearly shows this. Obama also placed too much emphasis on bipartisanship, which Hillary (for example) never would have done because she would have known better. Obama, naively, also believed that the GOP would most certainly embrace one of their own former ideas. I mean, what sane person/group would rebel against something they once advocated, right? Wrong.

Medicare for all would have been the best bet, but there were too many blue dogs that simply would not go along with that idea. That being said, while I was not happy with the insurance mandate it was the best option given the system we operate inside; it was a start. I always get a laugh out of the GOP and their screams of "Socialism." Not counting the VA system, our military healthcare, Medicare and Medicaid, our broken system is just that. Those who are not insured go to the ER to be treated for UTIs etc, or other issues that could have been addressed by regular doctor visits. This cost is picked up by those who are insured, which is in itself Socialism. We are already paying for millions of Americans healthcare indirectly. Obama's plan would have shifted this burden from the segment paying the most and required everybody to participate/spread cost, all while enriching the insurance industry. It's all very Republican, while the current system most certainly is not. In essence, the GOP have fought hard to keep Socialism alive and well through this saga, all while claiming the opposite.

Part of me wonders if the mandate will be upheld simply because it benefits the insurance industry so much. In the end I'd imagine they throw out the mandate while keeping most of the other aspects of the bill.