I wouldn’t repeal Obamacare. I would take a different approach. My approach would be make Obamacare an option and let the free market do its thing. Let people buy across state lines, put in a tort law and get rid of all the taxes. Then based on that, someone could purchase what is out there now, or purchase Obamacare.
Then in a year, you come back, see that no one has purchased Obamacare and you sunset it over a two year period which coincides with Trump’s reelection in 2020. You now have verifiable proof Obamacare didn’t work and the free market did what it is intended to do.
If you get rid of it, whatever you try to implement after that is subject to ridicule and a barrage of negatives from the media, regardless of its success. Match Obamacare up against free market options and you cannot lose.
I think you’ve got a decent idea there.
There are two areas where I see a problem, and it’s not limited to your plan.
What do we do with people who have existing illnesses and people who genuinely need Medicaid?
I don’t want either of these groups to go without health care, because if they do, we run the risk of ailments getting a foothold that could expose those who can afford to pay to bad diseases.
Those two groups are going to give us fits.
I don’t want to see people left without health care.
The one issue is not fair to the insurance industry, and the other is not fair to the taxpayer.
These two areas are a mess.