Speaking of Health Care Stories

Beverly Mann at Angry Bear suggests that it might be smart for Democrats to boost the ACA.

• "Unaffordable," long-term illness:

  Here’s a suggestion to these candidates: Why are you not using people like Terry Coppage and his wife to illustrate that only Americans, among citizens of the entire world’s developed economies, face financial ruin because they or a member of their nuclear family needs extensive medical care. Only Americans. [Emphasis in original]

• Free political consulting offered:

  Maybe by the time the insurance industry realizes that the AFP ads need to be countered with an ad campaign of hard-hitting refutations and real-people stories, the Dems will have figured that out, too. I never got this idea of addressing the ACA with generic we-need-to-fix-rather-than-repeal it, and hope that that nullifies the law’s unpopularity as a political problem.

(I don't believe Democratic party "refusal to thrive" is mere cowardice, by the way.  A really long time ago now somebody (bugsybanana on Live Journal?  Somebody) (bugsybanana it was, linking to an article at Fact-esque in 2010) referred to the exhibitions of the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals and nothing has changed even as the Republican party moves further to the right and harks back more to the past.  Remember Howard Dean in 2008?  Remember that almost as soon as the 2008 elections were over, he was disappeared let go?  Is the manager/coach whose team wins the championship usually dismissed immediately?  I wouldn't crack that egg if I were you.)