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Thank you very much for this AMA!

Over lunch last week a friend of mine explained why he is deciding to vote against his economic and moral self-interest by voting for Romney in November. As a student of political science and history i was naturally curious as to why anyone would do this. He threw out some run of the mill talking points but really focused on the ACA as his main source of grief with the administration. He called the bill too secretive, too long, too expensive etc. He wanted to know why we couldnt simply piecemeal the parts that we agreed on into a bill and go from there. I didnt have a concrete answer for him that was satisfactory off the top of my head.

  1. I assume that the bill cannot be gradually put together as each part is critical to the frame work and how we pay for the overall reform 2. Begining to reform such a complex and vital part of our econmy requires a large first step not a series of weak measures. 3. it is better to look at the bill and the issue as evolving rather than something that is completly set in stone and unchangeable.

I am wondering if this is an accurate assesment of why the ACA needed to be as large as it was and how to explain that there is complexity in changing an entrenched system?