03-15-2017, 01:02 PM
President Trump's team seems to be trying to push the fallback from the proposed American Health Care Act onto Paul Ryan and Congress.
Trump's either gonna have to split with them on the proposal which doesn't specify costs, doesn't specify if/how premiums will be reduced, and is estimated to leave 24 million Americans uninsured within a decade (particularly those in rural states and the elderly). Or, he's gonna have to convince a whole lot of conservative elected officials and some Democrats to support the proposal.
Right now, the proposal is nowhere near what Trump promised and the clock is ticking. Ryan wants to push it through before mid-term elections and worry about the details later, and Trump promised an immediate repeal and replace. I think the Town Hall protests are only gonna grow. Premiums were increasing before Obamacare was passed and Medicaid (which would be cut under the new proposal) expansion has helped a lot of American citizens.
An independent think tank, The Commonwealth Fund, published a study showing that fewer people are skipping medical care because of cost ― most likely because, thanks to the health care law, so many more people have health insurance. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings reported that insurers selling Obamacare plans are seeing better financial results this year, suggesting that premiums are finally coming into line with the actual medical expenses of their customers ― and that this year’s big rate hikes may be a “one-time pricing correction.” http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/22/insurers-...-year.html
Tricky shit which will impact the majority of Americans. Breitbart is busy putting it all in Ryan's lap to cover Trump's ass; it's not. It's on President Trump to carry through on his promise of a beautiful, more affordable and accessible health care plan for everyone.
Trump's either gonna have to split with them on the proposal which doesn't specify costs, doesn't specify if/how premiums will be reduced, and is estimated to leave 24 million Americans uninsured within a decade (particularly those in rural states and the elderly). Or, he's gonna have to convince a whole lot of conservative elected officials and some Democrats to support the proposal.
Right now, the proposal is nowhere near what Trump promised and the clock is ticking. Ryan wants to push it through before mid-term elections and worry about the details later, and Trump promised an immediate repeal and replace. I think the Town Hall protests are only gonna grow. Premiums were increasing before Obamacare was passed and Medicaid (which would be cut under the new proposal) expansion has helped a lot of American citizens.
An independent think tank, The Commonwealth Fund, published a study showing that fewer people are skipping medical care because of cost ― most likely because, thanks to the health care law, so many more people have health insurance. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings reported that insurers selling Obamacare plans are seeing better financial results this year, suggesting that premiums are finally coming into line with the actual medical expenses of their customers ― and that this year’s big rate hikes may be a “one-time pricing correction.” http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/22/insurers-...-year.html
Tricky shit which will impact the majority of Americans. Breitbart is busy putting it all in Ryan's lap to cover Trump's ass; it's not. It's on President Trump to carry through on his promise of a beautiful, more affordable and accessible health care plan for everyone.