{"id":30759,"date":"2017-05-03T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30759"},"modified":"2017-05-03T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:47:45","slug":"i-will-be-surprised-if-obamacare-is-repealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30759","title":{"rendered":"I Will Be Surprised If ObamaCare Is Repealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans have the votes to repeal ObamaCare<\/a>. They have proven that the other sixteen times they voted to repeal ObamaCare. It was safe to vote for repeal before President Trump was sworn in because they knew there would be a veto coming from the White House<\/a>. Now that there won’t be a veto, they have lost the courage of their convictions (as if they actually have convictions).<\/p>\n

ObamaCare is another entitlement program<\/a>. Getting rid of an entitlement program is almost impossible. The people who are benefiting from the program don’t want to give it up (even though the people paying for it want to get rid of it as soon as possible).\u00a0 That is why many Republicans want to keep ObamaCare.<\/p>\n

Betsy McCaughey<\/a>, who has actually read the original ObamaCare bill and followed the issue of ObamaCare closely, posted an article at Investor’s Business Daily<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The House vote on the GOP<\/a>‘s ObamaCare repeal bill vote is down to the wire, with dozens of Republicans waffling as “undecideds.” What’s the hold-up? Ninety-six percent of people who have to buy their own insurance stand to benefit from this bill, which will likely drive down premiums by double digits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The remaining 4% \u2014\u00a0those with pre-existing conditions<\/a> \u2014 will be protected by a federal fund to subsidize their insurance costs. They won’t get priced out of the market, because the fund will pay the lion’s share of their premiums.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But some Republicans are running scared. Although the bill solves two problems \u2014 lowering premiums and protecting people with pre-existing conditions \u2014 these fence sitters are worried about something else \u2014 getting re-elected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a member of the New York<\/a> delegation put it, the issue is “optics.” They’re cowed by the media’s false reports that the GOP is abandoning people with pre-existing conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a fact of life that in America<\/a> we have a political class that would rather get re-elected than do what is best for America. That is one of the main reasons Donald Trump<\/a> was elected President. Voters hoped he would change that.<\/p>\n

The article explains how some individual states have handled healthcare reform:<\/p>\n

New York, New Jersey<\/a> and several other states ruined their individual insurance markets two decades ago by imposing community pricing, which drove out healthy buyers. Lawmakers in those states would be smart to wise up, get a waiver and offer low prices to most buyers. But don’t count on it, at least not in New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But several states \u2014 Alaska, Minnesota, Idaho and Oklahoma among them \u2014 have already acted, without waiting for Congress. They used state funds to help cover the sickest people, and relieve pressure on healthy premium payers. Alaska averted a 40 percent premium hike that way last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To summarize: The funding is adequate and the approach works. Spineless politicians whining about “optics” should look in the mirror. What’s they’re really missing is backbone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first repeal of ObamaCare bill was a bad bill, and its defeat was a good thing. The courageous (and correct) thing for Congress to do would be to reintroduce one of its past repeal bills and simply let the chips fall where they may. However, as that would take courage, it is highly unlikely.<\/p>\n

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