RE: The positive case for voting Donald Trump for president.

[LadyForCamus]

With the likely hood of a HilLIARy presidency it's hard to see anything positive remaining in this country because of her basketful of brainwashed crazies who may, unfortunately, put her in the W.H.

On the other hand, with the likely hood of a Trump presidency, one big positive will be the elimination of the unaffordable health care act, (Obamacare), "...the craziest thing in the world." For just my wife and myself, to sign up for Obamacare, our monthly premiums will be as high as our house payments. Who can afford that bullshit? One big positive for Trump, shit canning obamacare.

You think Trump's healthcare plan is a positive? My oh my... where to begin?

First of all, I'll concede that the ACA is less than ideal. Why? Because of regressive Republican congressmen and lobbyists operating on behalf of insurance companies. What would be ideal? A healthcare system like the rest of the goddamn world... but eliminating premiums and replacing it with a health tax (which would cost less than premiums pre-ACA, by the way) are too "socialist" for half the backwards assholes in this country. Let's be clear: if Trump succeeds in repealing the Affordable Care Act, that means anywhere from 15 to 20 million Americans will be without health insurance. That is ridiculous. But you'll experience no guilt about that because hey, your premium didn't go up 35 percent, right? (For the record, healthcare premiums increased by nearly 80 percent under Bush.) I think we should improve the ACA, or even replace it with a single-payer system. But under no circumstances should we be replacing it with no viable alternative.

Now, let's move on to Trump's healthcare "plan." Fuck, I don't really even know what it is. Do you know what it is? Maybe you could explain to me how it would work. I hope it's a good one, since the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates repealing the ACA and replacing it with [x] is going to cost us over half a trillion dollars. So whatever the alternative is better make us some quick cash. I've heard that Trump's plan will allow insurance companies to sell over state lines; I'm not sure why that would be a central point to his plan, considering that insurers can already do that in several states and... surprise, surprise, it does nothing to lower costs. As the Center for Health & Economy puts it: "However, even [selling health insurance across state lines] is allowed, various barriers such as the difficulty of building a network and attracting enough customers to create a large enough risk pool make it unappealing to insurers to pursue this option.”

From a personal standpoint, I can't wait to hear what great alternative there is for me when the ACA gets repealed! As somebody with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease, I'm sure private insurance companies will be just jumping for joy at the thought of insuring me! 

If Trump repeals Obamacare without a coherent plan to replace it IMMEDIATELY, then myself, my husband, and my 2 year old son will literally have our health insurance ripped away from us.  Insurance that took me MONTHS and MONTHS to acquire, btw.  I'd like to give the middle finger to everyone who is in favor of this ridiculous idea.