The complexity of the ACA is not understood by the vast majority of citizens....the whole notion of eliminating "essential benefits" for instance....that sprung up belatedly as a rep
 strategy...during thisHealthcare debate/proposal .....most folks did not understand what those "essentials" were...i.e. Access to ambulatory doctors visits, hospitalization, emergency transportation to hospitals, drugs, maternal care, pediatric care et al...I'll formally list them..but they are truly the essentials of health care...which the reps were hastily putting on the table to get the arch conservative votes...they were willing to eliminate these "essentials".....

I'd argue that being compassionate and informed is vastly harder in the 21st century than it was with the Desert Fathers...

Most folks have a thoroughly simplistic understanding of the issues...whichever side of the aisle they occupy.

And unless you are a political pro it's hard to thoroughly inform yourself....