First, let the states handle it. There is no reason for doing this at the federal level.
Second, “pre-existing conditions and critical illnesses” will eventually cover hangnails, birth control for horny college students, and sex changes, and we will be pumping ten trillion into this thing.
Finally, the only people who will really benefit will be politically connected minority groups and illegal aliens. Productive citizens can apply and wait until they drop dead. Kind of like veterans.
That is the political reality and all the good intentions in the world won’t change it.
I (strongly) disagree.
Strongly.
That said, I know I am in a minority on this website, including the site owner. So I am always ready to say, I respect his view, and like this website (a lot).
But I respectfully say, I think it is very important, for us to carefully protect and defend, those who cannot get coverage in other ways.
We are the most affluent country in the world.
It is INEXCUSABLE that there are Americans, who are not covered.
That is just inexcusable, in my view.