The failure lay not in the CONCEPT of repeal.
It was in tying repeal to a “replacement” which was essentially a rewrite of the existing Obamacare. No government-mandated plan that applies to all residents (apparently it is no longer necessary to be a CITIZEN to enjoy the benefits) of the United States, to the near-exclusion of alternatives, should have been included. Separate issue, which should be dealt with on the basis of actual NECESSITY.
Pre-existing conditions? Separate risk pool, which is subject to supplementary revenue sources, and from which the participant may leave after a certain length of time, to return to common coverage in the general pool.
TORT REFORM! Much of the costs of medical services are tied up in not the actual award of compensation for malpractice, but in the THREAT brought by cases which are settled out of court, or dismissed only after much has already been expended on litigation. Loser pays.
Opening up competition between those entities who actually pay for the medical services, and making public offerings as to the range of payment services provided. Insurance companies operating outside state boundaries on a reciprocal basis, and the public is given opportunity to pick and choose the level of insurable risks they are willing to settle for under Major Medical, and a VAST expansion of Medical Savings Accounts, set up with a tax advantage for all participants, up to and including fully self-insuring.
Personal health is not a right, it is a personal accountability and DUTY of every capable person, and those for whom the capable person takes primary responsibility.
Well said, and I agree.