Sure, a ton of the Obamacare plans are straight up awful or a waste of money, but the Medicaid expansion was really good (for the states that accepted it). The singular portal for applying for Medicaid is also a vast improvement, simplifying things for patients in general. As you said, the health insurance system is terrible across the board, ACA plan or not; the only real way to change that is to have a public option at minimum.

Yeah, the title “Biden is quietly reversing…” etc feels like Biden’s playing whackamole while someone is literally dying of a heart attack next to him. But the ACA did more than just establish the ACA Marketplace.

I kind of feel like a lot of folks here might be focusing on the wrong thing. If you’re upset with the DNC leadership, etc, then it’s not even a question of turnout for the presidential election. The only way to change the party is voting at a local level. That’s the long-term view. Vote on the people you want to see as leaders locally, and support them as they move up the chain.

Is this easy/fast? Hell no. A major frustration I have at all levels — local, state, and federal — is how Democrats seem to refuse to build a bench and stick to incumbents because of a multitude of reasons people have already expressed here. But that’s the only way to start, and it’s a hell of a better reason than “stop the GOP.”