Posted on 08/21/2016 4:52:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If politicians don't fix the Affordable Care Act, then the vulnerable Blue Cross and local HMO plans — which serve as the backbone of Obamacare — must exit, said Robert Laszewski, the President of Health Policy and Strategy Associates.
"What the politicians need to do is to understand they have got about a year to fix this," he said in an interview with CNBC's "Closing Bell."
Republicans do not want to fix the existing flaws for Obamacare, Laszewski said. Instead, they want to repeal and replace it. He added that Democrats are now stating that they would rather go to a single-payer insurance plan or a public option within a government-run plan.
Thus, the political system remains fragmented. Laszewski added that regardless of the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, the Republicans won't have enough votes to repeal or replace Obamacare. Likewise, Democrats won't have the votes to pass a public or single-payer option....
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Let it!..............
It’s gonna be really difficult to run a healthcare system with no doctors or nurses!...........every one I know will quit, retire or leave the country.......
Laszewski added that regardless of the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, the Republicans won’t have enough votes to repeal or replace Obamacare.
This is just BS as long as the republicans have control of both the legislature and the Executive. Even Roberts would not be able to stop a repeal.
Bummer!
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This was all intentional.
Its a foot-in-the-door for “Single Payer.”
But at least 50% of hospital and doctor bills are paid by the government, that is to say, the taxpayer.
Do you seriously think the taxpayers (i.e., Congress) should have no say in how that money is spent?
There will never be 50 votes in the Senate for repeal, no matter how many Republicans there are. And there will never be more than 217 votes in the House.
Republicans can vote for repeal now, secure in the knowledge that their vote will have no consequences. Once a President is in office who will sign the law?
Those votes are going to disappear.
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