Boo Radley
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Lots of options does not mean unlimited options. Sure, there are plenty of choices to choose from - but don't try to say that means we aren't told what we shouldn't buy, for various reasons, many of them good.
If I wanted to choose some car that was dangerous to drive on the roads (as determined by whichever government agency decides that), chances are I would need go jump through a ****ton of hoops to even get it shipped over here, and then only be able to drive it on a track.
I'm not saying these limitations are unreasonable, I'm just pointing out that they exist.
Unlimited options don't really exist. They are all kinds of things that limit our options. Meeting appropriate standards are the least of things that limit us. So it's really a false argument concerning choices being limited. The companies themselves have been limiting us long before ACA.
I believe in functional over technical. As the world doesn't functionally gave unlimited choices, the question is one of whether we've been unduly limited and denied choice. I believe we have not.