Obamacare (thread 2), Episode 11: Fighting Bob vs. Big Health: La Follette on Obamacare

Picture Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette flipping through your insurance plan and sighing. This episode draws a quick line from his fight against railroad trusts to today’s battles with giant insurers, hospitals, and drug companies.

It’s a short, friendly tour of why La Follette might have liked the ACA’s consumer protections but still called it a compromise that leaves too much power with entrenched corporations — now with hold music.