> Boo on Obama for not even bothering to try for Universal Healthcare...
President Obama didn't create the ACA. Congress did. It was modeled after a system that works very well in Massachusetts and was developed by Republican, free-market think tanks.
And every Congress since has tried to sabotage it rather than fix it. Last I heard, the current Congress still doesn't have a great solution to solve the core issues. And that is after 40+ votes to dismantle it.
I think you mischaracterize the Democrats of 2009. There was a significant desire to push for "a single payer option" (a partial "universal healthcare"), but there was also severe resistance, even within the party. And Republicans largely didn't want to deal with any option the Democrats came up with.
I'm glad something was done, even if it was an imperfect law. It forced the issue to eventually be dealt with. I would have preferred that Republican Congress critters would have chosen to try and fix the law rather than sabotage it (they were largely waiting for Republican president that could get credit for fixing the flaws).