RE: So when the GOP replaces the ACA with their own version will it "be the best ...
January 17, 2017 at 2:29 pm
(January 17, 2017 at 1:30 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote:(January 17, 2017 at 12:43 pm)Tiberius Wrote: If however he reneges on them I will call him on it.
Currently he has promised "insurance for all". I expect to see that.
Does anyone else wonder why we keep on lowering the bar of our expectations for the President Elect before he takes office?
Everything above presupposes he keeps his promises (at least for this one time).
It also ignores that the ACA/Obamacare is "insurance for everyone" through supporting the "everyone who cannot pay" via subsidies.
So if the function is:
T(ACA) -> ACA
Then it's not really honest to accept that "insurance for everyone" is a change for the better considering it will converge on the same kind of status quo that we have right now.
So ultimately we're looking at an interruption in vital services for a subset of the population for the same old thing (if we take the phrase "Insurance for everyone" at face value). That is a negative.
I'm not presupposing anything; I just don't see the point in assuming that everything potentially good he says is a lie. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. We won't know until legislation is passed.
Also, the ACA is clearly not insurance for all as there are numerous stories of people who fall in the gap where they earn too much to get subsidies, but not enough to afford the premiums. Whether or not that's Obama's fault or not is irrelevant; the fact is that there are people in America who cannot afford the insurance premiums. That's a problem that needs to be fixed. If Trump's plan works, I'll gladly admit it.
If there's just a single person who can't get health insurance with his plan, I'll gladly call him on it.
