This is probably very late, but what is Obamacare? I see people complaining that it failed, but why if so?

Question

I was born, raised and live in the U.K. I am 24 years old. I remember, on the face of things, Obamacare being a step forward for the shenanigans which is the U.S. healthcare system. But, I often see posts stating it failed. Someone please explain 🙂

I hold our NHS in high regard. I cannot imagine a healthcare system which can leave people who have worked, paid taxes for 30 years+ and are all round good citizens in financial ruins. What exactly is Obamacare and why do people say it failed?

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Answer 1

Regulations, most of which has nothing to do with healthcare and instead just massive growth of government and bureaucracy, that removed rights and choice, and set a precedent that to be alive means a bureaucracy can force you to buy a service otherwise you’ll be punished, and was supposed to fix all the bad things in healthcare (that were primarily created originally by the same people and ideology saying they’ll solve the problems now)…

And now they continue to say it is bad and they want more power and money.