I disagree with your take on it.
Obamacare was headed to single provider, no competition.
Trump’s new plans will cause policies to proliferate, enhanced competition.
Where there is business to be had, insurance companies will flood the market to get ‘their share’.
There’s no government guarantee that there will be a hardware story in every city in the U.S. None the less, there is one just about everywhere.
Failure is not built into this plan. It gives people more choices, encourages competition, and gets government out of the decision making business.
Insurance companies will offer policies that cover a variety of things. People will weigh the policies and pick the one that is best for them.
That is the private enterprise at work. And the idea that a tax cut that comes with it is a bad idea, is the first time I’ve heard Conservatives trash tax cuts.
Any “health care reform” that fails to recognize the inherent fatal flaw of a system that is built on the expectation of third-party payments for services that provide personal benefit is doomed to fail.
“Insurance companies will offer policies that cover a variety of things. People will weigh the policies and pick the one that is best for them.”
“That is the private enterprise at work.”
Yes, that’s the right path to take.
“gives people more choices”
Yes
“gets government out of the decision making business”
Yes
How?
Where there is business to be had, insurance companies will flood the market to get ‘their share’.
But only if they can make enough profit.
There’s no government guarantee that there will be a hardware story in every city in the U.S. None the less, there is one just about everywhere.
There are pharmacies on every corner, hospitals in every city, doctors by the score, all in place today. Why does government need to get involved?
Failure is not built into this plan. It gives people more choices, encourages competition, and gets government out of the decision making business.
Sure it is. The government subsidies may not be enough to pay for the insurance. Insurance premiums could continue to skyrocket. Companies could choose to end their insurance and place their employees into the government program in numbers higher than anticipated. People could choose not to participate. States may choose not to fund high-risk pools. The list of perils and pitfalls is very long, and any one of them could derail any slim chance the program has for success.
Insurance companies will offer policies that cover a variety of things. People will weigh the policies and pick the one that is best for them.
That's what they said about Obamacare.
And the idea that a tax cut that comes with it is a bad idea, is the first time I’ve heard Conservatives trash tax cuts.
This is not a tax cut. It's a tax credit, which means that if you don't pay income tax due to other deductions you still get the money. It is a government subsidy. It is a reduction in government revenue and an increase in government spending that would need to be offset somehow. And the plan is silent on how to do the.