Question

Liberals who criticized President Obama's strategy for getting the health care bill passed say he ______ when he dealt with interest groups from the health insurance industry.
a. was much too partisan and argumentativeb. would not compromisec. did not stick to the health care agenda at alld. resembled a Tea Party candidatee. "gave away the store" by not insisting on inclusion of the public option

Answer 1

Answer:

D) "gave away the store" by not insisting on inclusion of the public option

Explanation:

Liberals, especially the progressive branch of the Democratic Party, support various forms of public healthcare, for example: a single-payer system that would work as a Medicare-For-All, similar to the National Health Service of the United Kingdom.

Obamacare, according to member of the Democratic Party, was an improvement for the Healthcare system in the United States, and Democrats highlighted aspects such as the prohibition of insurance exclusion for people whith pre-existing conditions, or the individual mandate, which requires people to have health insurance.

However, many liberals, whether members of the Democratic Party or not, lamented the poor advancement towards a single payer system that Obamacare came to represent.