Donald Trump was elected partially on his promise to repeal Obamacare — but he may not have to do much.
Trump has already suggested that he has no intention of dismantling the law in its entirety. Despite the public’s overall dissatisfaction with the Affordable Care Act, certain popular elements remain. In particular, the provisions that allow children to stay on their parents’ insurance until they are 26 and the preexisting conditions clause are still viewed favorably by the public. The individual mandate and state-run health co-ops, however, have remained unpopular ever since their implementation.
Trump has proposed an end to these state-run co-ops, suggesting that an inter-state system of private competition could help lower costs across the board.
Implementing these changes without a filibuster-proof senate may be difficult, but the state-run co-ops look to be disappearing all by themselves.
Witness the scale of the state-run co-op collapse on the next page:
I did agree with keeping preexisting conditions sorry but it’s c**p if you buy a car and drive around and then get in a accident. Then go get insurance, it’s a little late, there is such a thing as personal responsibility to yourself and your family, this is the primary reason for rates to skyrocket, I shouldn’t have to pay for someone’s else’s lack of responsibility
I don’t know what the best solution is. I do know its complex and there are many gray areas. I had a traumatic brain injury this past autumn. I was shocked at the hospital bill. The afternoon I was there, I was visited by a physical therapist who walked me around the corridor to determine if I was stable enough to go home. About 10 minutes time. And an occupational therapist came by and told me to sit when I put my clothes on, and to get a chair for the shower. 10 to 15 minutes total time. And finally by a speech therapist who administered some cognitive and memory tests. She maybe spent about 20 minutes with me. Each of these just came. I wasn’t asked. Each visit was billed. The least expensive bill was close around $380.00. If healthcare were not so expensive, maybe people could afford to pay more of it rather than relying on insurance.
That’s just it. I had a bleeding ulcer almost two years ago, was in the hospital 27 hours and the bill was over 10,000. Why is it so expensive? One reason is that since we don’t pay for healthcare, insurance does, the prices can be jacked up. But you are right. It’s very complex.
But he meant well…
He said so…
The outcome never matters
I was looking so forward to crushing obamacare !
Obama stole 716 billion dollars from Medicare to fund his failing Obamacare. Where was the liberal outrage over this? If Pres Trump did this, he would be crucified…
Are they “children” at 26 years old?
Oort…. he ment well? ? ?
In today’s day and age sadly yes…
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