Don & Geek, yer overlooking one essential point. Or pernt, as my Brooklyn grandmother would have said.

Your trying to engage in rational discussions with morons - the various morons here, and the millions of Moron-Americans who have no conception of what the ACA is, or what it does, and hate it anyway. All you need do is listen to the rabid bloviation on Faux "News"[sic] to readily see these ignorant assholes haven't the faintest grasp of fact.

A large proportion of the U.S - since Reagan began cutting education funds & the ensuing additional cuts since - - really HAS become Dumbfuckistan; facts and reality are irrelevant.

See Also Charles Pierce: Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free.