Progressives of the past did some great things to benefit the working class in the country, but the progressives of today think globally. They want to give up our sovereignty to global governance. They no longer care about the issues of the working people in this country. That makes them different from the Democrat/progressive party of the past.

SS and Medicare are real life savers for seniors. They're not perfect, but at least you have something when you get older. Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about when they get older and maybe can't work anymore. Without those programs you'd have to resort to the charity of others.

I always thought Obamacare had too many regulations and failed to fix the healthcare problem of high costs. The plan my husband had at work wasn't accepted under Obamacare in 2012 or 13, so we lost our healthcare for a year. Instead, I still had access to Cobra from last job and chose that. It cost us about $10k for insurance that year under an Obamacare compliant policy. It didn't lower costs at all for me at that time, it increased them. I'm glad it worked for you but I ended up paying for coverage I didn't need.

Obama tried his best to bring about a single-payer system, but he never addressed the root problem of corruption in the health care industry to bring down costs. It did help some people but increased costs for others. The best thing would be to have both parties work together to improve people's lives, but it doesn't seem possible anymore.