08-01-2017, 06:47 PM
(08-01-2017, 06:32 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Because many of those in Congress ran on some of the very same points in the President's agenda. The biggest being the repeal and replace of the ACA. The mere fact that Congress as an entity can't sit down and come up with a plan that works for most of Americans, is mind boggling. Studies show that more people have been adversely affected by the ACA, than those who have benefitted from it. Yet, when they consider going back to free market, Leftists complain that 24 Million Americans would then be without health care coverage. However, I hear and read polls that say that without a mandate, over 15 Million Americans wouldn't even purchase coverage. So, let's ponder for a moment, 24M minus 15M equals 9M, or roughly 3% of all Americans. Certainly those in that 3% can be absorbed into some sort of medicade expansion program.
I'd like to see those studies because I don't believe them. Obamacare eliminates lifetime caps on coverage which means your insurance can't stop paying for your treatment. Insurance companies can't deny you or a family member due to a pre-existing condition. Every policy must include a bare minimum of services so insurance companies can't sell you a POS policy. Those are just three points which positively affects everyone who has insurance. Even those policies which aren't Obamacare policies. Obamacare isn't perfect and definitely has its share of warts, but it is head and shoulders superior to anything the Republicans have proposed.
A Medicaid expansion was part of Obamacare, but has been voted down in at least 19 states if I remember correctly.
