JSA wrote:
I love this argument - "the GOP had one hundred years to think about replacing ObamaCare! You would think they would have a plan!"
Right.
ObamaCare could have been repealed after a year or two or three without any noticeable affect. But, we are nearly 8 years into ObamaCare (still without the worst aspect -- employer mandate -- fully kicking in, and there is no easy solution anymore.
Congratulations President Obama, you achieved what you sought - reliance on government and the creation of an entirely new class of government dependents. Well done ... well done ...
Now, let's ignore the fact that huge segments of those on ObamaCare really do not have health insurance coverage and certainly do not have affordable health care. The deductibles are so high, all they really have is a catastrophic coverage plan most will never use.
https://www.nytimes.com/...all-but-useless.html http://money.cnn.com/...ffordable/index.html Let's also grossly exaggerate the number of those who may -- may -- lose coverage. Let's ignore simple facts that one of the largest drivers in reducing uninsured rates was the provision allowing kids to stay on their parents' plan under age 26 and ignore the fact that many, many states already allowed that prior to ObamaCare.
http://money.cnn.com/...obamacare/index.html Instead, let's just keep asking why the GOP cannot fix the cluster fuck from the prior Administration simply by snapping its fingers.
I love your lack of an argument. You do this every time the ACA comes up. It is horrible, it doesn't cover people, it is too expensive, it is too late to repeal now, ...
But when asked what you want, which was the whole point of my post but you chose to ignore that and focus on the little tidbit you could sink your teeth into, you punt.
Let's implement the House bill. Rollback the ACA and Medicaid exactly how Ryan wants too. Then what? When we boot people off Medicaid how do we pay for them? You already said they wouldn't be denied care. How do we pay for them? Haphazard through the health care industry writing off the care at inflated amounts to avoid taxes and passing on the real costs to patients who do pay? Universal care like most of the civilized world? Some other plan that Ryan, Trump, and McConnell have hidden in their knapsacks? Some inventive way no one has ever dreamt up?
I'm all ears. But I won't hold my breath.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.