ELECTION 2020

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trump is turning health care into the main issue leading into the 2020 election. This is fantastic! Go, trump, go!  

Yeah, I was surprised when he put the focus on health care again last week.  

The fact that Republicans have offered no substantial or viable "replacement" for the Affordable Care Act, which has grown in popularity across parties, was a major factor in Democrats taking so many seats from Republicans in the House last year.  So, I wasn't surprised by reports that Senate Leader McConnell and many Republican senators pushed back.

Anyway, I read this morning that Trump now says there won't be any votes on health care until after the 2020 election.  

Snip:
President Donald Trump said Republicans would wait until after the 2020 election to vote on a replacement for Obamacare, abruptly halting a push he began just last week and guaranteeing that the issue will take center stage in his re-election campaign.

He made the shift in a series of Twitter posts late Monday night, saying that the “Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win back the House.”

The posting ended a week-long scramble by GOP lawmakers to respond to Trump’s demand for an Obamacare alternative after the administration unexpectedly changed its position in a lawsuit by arguing that Obamacare should be entirely struck down. Trump’s Justice Department had previously said that it should be only partly overturned.

A final court ruling in that case is likely to come by the end of June 2020. If Trump wins in court, there could be swift and widespread chaos and uncertainty in American health care — at least until an alternative system is put in place — as the array of changes to industry regulations, subsidies for low-income individuals and delivery system reforms would be undone.

The administration’s new legal position is a political gift to Democrats who are vowing to defend Obamacare and its more popular elements, including insurance coverage protections for people with pre-existing health conditions and a vast expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor.

On the steps of the Supreme Court Tuesday morning, Democrats reiterated that the issue will be fundamental in the 2020 elections, when control of the House, Senate and White House will all be at stake. Democrats in both chambers have signed on to a resolution urging the administration to drop its legal fight against Obamacare, and the House could vote on it as early as Tuesday.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the administration will still outline principles it would like to see in a future health-care overhaul and continue implementing regulatory tweaks, but she blamed Democrats for the president’s decision to halt his push for new legislation.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-reversal-says-obamacare-replacement-040718252.html

I'm relieved to hear that. Hopefully they will take their time and get it right rather than pushing to get it done quickly like the first time around. I had awesome coverage at a great price prior to the ACA. Now my coverage is crap and 3x more expensive than it was prior to ACA. Someone needs to get it straightened out.