[quote=harvey]Lol, you guys are discussing healthcare implementation, tradeoffs, objectives like it’s an actual business endeavour run by people with management skills.
Of course it is, but this thread is about the “Health care vote.”
So far there’s no evidence that Trump even understands the basics of this domain. Or that he’s even trying.
There are probably more than a few Republicans in congress that get it, but their primary objective is only to undo anything that Obama did.
It will be a goddamn mess that will get far worse before it starts to get better. We are literally going to see unnecessary suffering and death for thousands of Americans.
All out of spite.[/quote]
I’m not positive that’s going to happen, (the “far worse before better” part) but you’re dead on with the motivation. Republicans (and others) spent 7 years complaining about Obamacare, but can’t come up with a plan to make it better. The problem they face is that way too many now know that it IS far better than nothing, so repealing without replacing is DOA.
Of course they can make it better. And it isn’t that complicated. 1st by restoring what they’ve already broken by defunding parts of the original law. 2nd by adding a public option, allowing those over 55 to buy into medicare everywhere at actuarially sound rates, and allowing a medicare buy in markets where there are fewer than 3 options on the state or federal exchanges. Simple. Infrastructure already in place.
But republicans in office will hate it. Not enough people will die.
