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We don't need repeal and replace. We need repeal and a free market. Let all health insurance companies compete across state lines. Companies that want to offer coverage to your 26 year old 'kids' can do so but at the expense of the policy holder, not the rest of us. You can limit exclusions for pre-existing conditions in portability but not in overall coverage. let there be a limited window for those with per-existing conditions to buy insurance. But for folks who wait until they get a diagnosis to start shopping, too bad. Allow and incentivize HSA's and then let the market take it from there.

I knew back in 2011 when the repukes started talking about 'repeal and replace' obamacare that they were going to screw us over when they got the chance. Thank goodness we have Trump in the White House and not Romney or Jeb!

They could even keep Obamacare without the mandate. Anyone who didn't get it would have to sign a paper saying that if they don't sign up, there's a two-year waiting period for coverage when they do, after paying half the premium for the time between signing up and eligibility. Thus, anyone who already has a long-term condition will have to sign up. Anyone who takes the risk knows that they'd have to wait for coverage.

Then, the free market could do what it does best....compete for our business. One real nice option I'd like to see is health-care clinic style where people without insurance could choose an inexpensive first-aid option, if that's their choice. To be blunt, those who didn't get insurance and can't afford any more than that risk not getting a medicine they need. Some might feel it's better to take that risk than to be paupers because of health care and health insurance for their whole lives. Some might even decide to live healthier life styles if the responsibility is on them. Some might only get accident insurance. It's their choice.

I don't want the feds controlling my body. That's really what it's all about for some people.