The Republican House is at it again, trying to work out a compromise that will take away health insurance from over 24 million people and create a real death spiral by giving states opt out rights that will result in denying people essential benefits or allowing insurance companies to charge more (probably a lot more) to people with pre-existing conditions to get their health care. This is wrong on so many levels but maybe not surprising. A few days ago, Representative Raul Labrador was booed for saying he did not think healthcare was a right. That is the great distinction in this debate. Republicans feel Americans should have access to health care but not necessarily a right to it. Access is a fine thing but as political figures like Bernie Sanders has said, we can have access to a Mercedes-Benz but that does not mean we can afford it. As mentioned in earlier posts, if the Republicans manage to repeal Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) and replace it with a substandard model, then Progressives and Democrats should campaign on a single payer universal system like all the other advanced countries get. It would be time to stop playing games and give all Americans the peace of mind that they do not have to worry about getting ill. This is the United States, not some backwater of civilization.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/04/20/the-gop-has-a-new-plan-to-destroy-obamacare-its-even-crueler-than-the-last-one/?utm_term=.b0a307913ee9
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/20/524881039/new-gop-health-proposal-could-ditch-protections-for-people-who-are-sick
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/20/15369512/republican-new-health-care-plan
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/329656-gop-rep-booed-at-town-hall-for-saying-healthcare-isnt-a-basic-right
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