Why Republicans Will Have Trouble Replacing Obamacare

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/11/17/republicans-will-trouble-replacing-obamacare/

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Jonathan Chait: “Health-care coverage is a relatively straightforward problem of resource allocation. Tens of millions of Americans can’t pay for the health care they need, because they either have low incomes or expensive medical needs. There are many different ways to fill in the gap between what they need and what they can afford on their own. You can do it through straight taxes and spending. Or you can do it through regulation, forcing insurers to charge healthy customers more than they cost so they can charge the unhealthy ones less. Obamacare uses both of these methods. Republicans oppose both of them.”

“The Republican approach involves endless rhetoric about ‘choice,’ ‘competition,’ ‘markets,’ ‘patient-centric’ care, and so on. But none of these concepts has the magic power to conjure resources out of thin air. So when Republicans design alternative plans, and they have sketched out quite a few, inevitably they just provide fewer resources.”


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1. They don't want to replace it, just repeal it

I find these articles quite funny. Like the Republicans ever want to provide anything beneficial to anyone but the ruling class.

Peace

[Wounded Bear]

2. This

They just want to throw everything back on the "market" for profitization.

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3. There is no desire to replace the ACA .... they want to go back to good old days ....

... if you can't afford health insurance or afford to pay for healthcare you are simply SOL

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5. while that may be, are the 20 million that are insured now going to suddenly be dropped?

The ACA has been in effect for over 5 years. Yes, there are problems, but do they have the votes to repeal it?

Graham and Hatch have already said they want the filibuster to remain in tact. I believe they are not the only republican who feel that way. Susan Collins for one, and I believe a few others.

If the filibuster rules remain intact, they will have problems repealing the ACA I think without a replacement, or modification of the existing system

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4. Here is the other hypocrisy. Their wonder boy Paul Ryan who wants to privitize Medicare is using a

model almost identical to the ACA

So what are they going to do? Assuming they were able to repeal it, what will happen to the 20 million who are covered by it, many with subsides. What happens to those on expanded Medicaid? What happens to those who couldn't get insurance before, because they had preexisting conditions?

Are they suddenly going to lose their coverage?