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My thought on why not is because it’s a decent (but not perfect) framework to improve upon rather than gutting it and starting over.
If it’s repealed, many people will lose healthcare altogether, people with pre existing conditions will go back to being gouged again, and folks between the ages of 19-22 and 26 will be dropped from their parents’ insurance while there’s a scramble to plug those holes and rebuild something new.
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If you know someone with a preexisting condition, in need of elder home care, or benefits from medicaid expansion then the ACA is a pretty big deal.
Lol guess we were on the same page today. Just shared this in a separate post. https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-dozen-facts-about-the-economics-of-the-u-s-health-care-system/
I think Rs general argument is that we can't afford to scale up healthcare industry in its current state. They'd like to see costs curbed first because it'd eventually lead to taxpayer bailout. Edit - or a bailout from private sector subsidizing public healthcare via higher private sector premium. That'd take disposable income out of americans' wallets and hurt the overall economy.
I think Ds believe moving to a single payer system is what will drive the costs down by making costs more uniform across the country for similar services.
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Thanks for the perspective, SM1. Understand your point of government bloat and inefficiency. Disagree on your point related to emergency care. Not everything in Healthcare is an emergency. Can you share some long form well researched articles? Would love to read.