All the abuses of private health insurance companies prior to the ACA -- the dropping of sick patients, the exorbitant premiums for those with pre-existing conditions, the flat-out denials of coverage dooming people to death or financial ruin -- were just as evil, yet not as easily located in the scandalous behavior of one unsavory person. Remember this article about hospitals charging $137 for a $1 IV drip bag? In a sense, Shkreli simply puts a face on everything that is wrong with America's predatory, profiteering health care system.
The Affordable Care Act was desperately needed to curb its worst excesses, and has worked extremely well. Shkreli serves to remind us of the need for regulation of an industry that obviously cannot be trusted to serve the public interest or behave ethically on its own.
and for 7 years republicans have been and are still telling us things like it's a failure, will cost jobs, sky high cost, a train wreck and my favorite "it's an abomination", how please tell me how helping millions stay healthy is an abomination. 60+ votes to repeal and still making day one threats if elected they said there were death panels too
