Correction....The GOP fought very hard to whittle down many of the ACA's proposals.  It got passed because of the GOP concerns which led to a compromised version.  Is healthcare a right or is it a privilege?  The Dems went along with the watered down version because of a belief that it was a step in the right direction.  By the way, despite what you may have heard, socialized medicine works in every country that has instituted it.  Every country.