If the SCOTUS strikes down the ACA, how about an emergency Medicare Option?

[Yavin4]

Just create emergency Medicare Option for everyone who lost their coverage.

Tell me why that won't work.

[MiniMe]

1. Mitch McConnell

He won't even bring a bill that passed in the House up in the Senate

[aeromanKC]

2. Which is one reason why the filibuster rule must go in January.

[Yavin4]

3. I'm talking about if we win the election in November

and control the senate and White House.

[Patterson]

4. Then we'll have to worry about the new Supreme Court

[AlexSFCA]

5. precisely. If the court can shut down ACA, it can surely block emergency medicare

[Wanderlust988]

6. A new Congress would just fix the ACA immediately

It's only legally questioned cause of the individual mandate was repealed by Trump. The Dems could just put it back in and voila. That would fix the legal question.

Now of course, they won't do that. They'll pass a much more beefier health care plan with the public option.

[Demsrule86]

7. No. Medicare is not designed for this. It is quite costly between premiums and deductibles and is

not family friendly. The ACA with a new mandate will work and then fix it.