CDZ From ‘Repeal’ to ‘Repair’: Campaign Talk on Health Law Meets Reality

[Fishlore]

WASHINGTON — Asked at a confirmation hearing two weeks ago if he was working with President Trump on a secret plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, Representative Tom Price, Mr. Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, smiled broadly and answered: “It’s true that he said that, yes.”

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“The political uncertainty surrounding repeal is growing,” said Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action for America, the advocacy arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation. “If the House has not passed a repeal bill and sent it to the Senate by mid-March,” Mr. Holler added, “that would be serious cause for concern.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/...column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

 

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Asked at a confirmation hearing two weeks ago if he was working with President Trump on a secret plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, Representative Tom Price, Mr. Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, smiled broadly and answered: “It’s true that he said that, yes.”

What a non-answer to a direct question.

 

[Fishlore]

^^^ alternative fact. His great wall has gone bust. His immigration plan is a disaster. His repeal Obamacare pledge is in pieces. When are his voters going to figure out they have been suckered?

 

[usmbguest5318]

^^^ alternative fact. His great wall has gone bust. His immigration plan is a disaster. His repeal Obamacare pledge is in pieces. When are his voters going to figure out they have been suckered?

I don't honestly believe the greater plurality of them have the mental acuity to do that any any point prior to the whole nation being FUBAR'd by Trump and his foolish notions and proposals.

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[Toronado3800]

^^^ alternative fact. His great wall has gone bust. His immigration plan is a disaster. His repeal Obamacare pledge is in pieces. When are his voters going to figure out they have been suckered?

I don't honestly believe the greater plurality of them have the mental acuity to do that any any point prior to the whole nation being FUBAR'd by Trump and his foolish notions and proposals.

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CDZ

Obamacare needs some math fixed. If Trump and the Repubs can make everyone carry health insurance and make the plan better I am all for it.

Let's hear their ideas.

 

[Fishlore]

That's the problem: the Republicans don't really have any ideas. What they do have is a deep-seated hatred of any form of government involvement in health care. That idea makes sense at the extreme edge of the small government philosophy which is a core belief for Republicans. They don't believe in ACA, they don't believe in Medicare or Medicaid either.

That set of conservative philosophical beliefs has one major problem: it is political suicide. Two out of three voters disagree with varying degrees of intensity with what the GOP holds dear in its heart. This leaves Republicans in the awkward position of trying to minimize something they would rather destroy but which most Americans love.

The GOP in Congress has been stumbling around for over seven years trying to cut back ACA, Medicare and Medicaid and they have come up with nothing because ACA is actually a Republican plan designed to provide the least government healthcare the voters will tolerate. The only place to go from ACA is the public option or single payer. Eeek!

Trump took the low road on the issue, wildly promising a plan that would cover everybody, provide more benefits, cost less in premiums and be voluntary. That was a joke, but it stepped on Ryan's plan to phase the whole thing out under cover of block grants to the states etc. Now the GOP is back to promising its miracle plan when everyone realizes they haven't got a clue.

 

[Toronado3800]

Does he have any ideas? How is Romneycare different than Obamacare?