The democrats have done two things right in my lifetime that I can think of.
One: Clinton told insurance companies that they have to allow women 48 hours in the hospital after giving birth rather than 24, if they so desire. I was kicked out after 24 hours with my first, pre-Clinton, and was allowed to stay 48 hours with my next three. It’s a huge difference, those extra 24 hours with a new baby recovering from childbirth in a hospital with nurses around. I’m forever grateful to Clinton for that, the best and most practical thing a democrat policy change has ever done for me.
And I do have to say that the heavy LA smog of the 1970s (when I moved away) had gotten a lot better by the 1990s, after Clean Air Act changes. But now of course it’s all smoky with wildfires, due to Dem mismanagement, so. . . so much for that.
And I’ll add that (before my lifetime) the Shirtwaist fire in NY did lead to Dem’s efforts toward unionization and protections for workers so they didn’t have to die in fires on the job. That was important. But those unions have now long since outlasted their usefulness.
Nice. Thank you for the insight.
What’s interesting, they do that with your hospital stay. But at the same time usher in HMOs and all sorts of other stuff. My mom was an office manager for a doctor. Old school kind of guy. Prior to their intervention into medicine, she said things were so easy. After, it was a disaster.
But thanks again for the insight.