The ACA Fire Fight
I was working late one Friday night trying to solve a problem for a client when my boss, an ex-marine came in. I confided in him that I wasn’t sure I was doing the right thing but felt that waiting till Monday to address the issue was not the proper course even if it gave me more time to think my options through. He agreed and told me about the rules of a fire fight. He said that when you’re under attack the longer you wait to do something the fewer and less viable your options become. His point was that sometimes any action, even one that’s not the best, is better than hesitation. In his experience hesitation could mean the difference between life and death. When people complain about the ACA I think of that ex-marine’s story. Thing is, I always was and remain ambivalent about the ACA. If functionally doesn’t solve any problems but its better than having just sat back and watched the existing system’s problems overwhelm and bankrupt it. ...