Republicans Want Health Care Too, Just Who Will Control It Is The Big Question?

 

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Obamacare has withstood the test of time.  A Republican president took office over the last 4 years and with little (actually none) success was able to change Obamacare.  There is nothing more that boils the blood of Republicans than the thought of the government controlling healthcare.  On the flip side of that longstanding fear resides nothing.  No plan covers Americans with pre-existing conditions.  No suitable (and cost-effective) plan covers the vast number of Americans across the United States presently.  Why?  I don't know ask them.

In a recent article from Politico, the silence of Republicans regarding Obamacare and a suitable replacement is discussed.

In some ways, Nixon envisioned Obamacare Lite — or more accurately, Obamacare Very Very Lite. The ACA is a more robust, more expensive, and more heavily regulated framework, with states overseeing health insurance markets and the feds writing the rules and picking up much of the tab.

The Reagan wing, in contrast, didn’t see much of a federal role in protecting access to care or shielding people from health cost calamities. Reaganites, Blendon said, believed Nixon’s vision would be the first step on the slippery slope to single-payer.

Sometime between now and the 2022 elections, Republicans will have to move beyond that divide. Whatever they come up with, it will likely focus on giving states more leeway to regulate their health insurance markets. Even if Republicans are no longer threatening to upend the ACA, they still complain that its coverage is still too costly.

“Republicans want access to insurance,” Blendon said. “They just don’t want their health care controlled by federal government.” But how to guarantee that access — and who does the guaranteeing if not the federal government — remains the unanswered question.

The overarching question is: Who will guarantee/control healthcare for Americans? How is your healthcare?  Are you getting the coverage that you believe should be at cost?  The Republican party wants healthcare to be privatized to boost profits that are returned to shareholders.

Furthermore, Republicans do not want to pay for other Americans' care.  The party could care less if other Americans cannot afford healthcare.  Which is sad to say.  Why?  There should be no American walking in this great country that is without healthcare.

A more socialized healthcare system is on the horizon.  Why?  We just cannot leave Americans out in the cold without care.  What would you like to see in the healthcare system?  Leave comments in the chat below.  What we had prior to Obamacare was a mixture of both government-assisted and private healthcare competing for different groups of people.  Changes will continue to occur until we get it right.