The Dems still defend it saying, what’s your plan for helping the uninsured?
One answer is that when this is over there will be more uninsured than there were before. Because if you couldn’t afford insurance before, how are you going to afford it now that it costs 3 times as much and still doesn’t pay for anything?
Good point in the rest of your post.
A sizable part of the uninsured were uninsured by choice. When they needed care, they paid for it in cash, made use of the community clinic system, or took advantage of the federal mandate for ER's to provide free care. It's kind of revealing of the Democrat mentality that they think "helping" this population consists of forcing them to buy something they don't want. If there was ever an example of "we're your betters and we'll decide what you need", that's it.