This is in
response to the editorial suggesting that President Trump work with the
Democrats on healthcare. That certainly can't be any less productive than
working with the Republicans. It shouldn't have taken John Boehner to point outthe futility of their trying to pass a healthcare bill. There are 30 of them on
the Freedom Caucus who are more concerned about ideological purity than the
well-being of the average American. The same might be said of Paul Ryan. Yes, essential benefits should be maintained
and those with pre-existing conditions covered. Trump should kill his executive
order invalidating the individual mandate as well. It's the stick that makes
the carrots possible. There's no coverage until 26 or pre-existing conditions
without it. He should also commit to funding cost-sharing reductions to reduce
deductibles for lower-income Americans and the House should drop the lawsuit
against those payments. Kaiser says the absence of these subsidies will raise
the cost of silver plans 19%.
Republicans are
in charge of everything now. If people are going bankrupt or dying because of
lack of coverage, it's their fault. If the industry "explodes," it's
their fault. They can fix the ACA (my choice), maintain it the best they can
(until we elect people capable of governing) or destroy it on purpose or
through neglect. Replacement is not an option, as amusing as the attempts are. Last
I heard from our rep she was talking about R and R over 3 years. Anyone know if
that's still an operative opinion? Bueller?
Thanks for the
shout-out, Al. I was indeed LOLing as the kids used to say, but now I've got
Maggie May stuck in my head.
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