A Free market plan would take a day! Trump has to many statist tendencies.
If you’ve been paying attention none of this is Trump’s fault. His Hhs Secretary still hasn’t gotten a vote...you need a Trump like figure running the Senate and that is not what we have. This lies squarely at the feet of the squishes in the Republican party
I find it hard to blame Trump for this.
Blame the jackamules Pubbies in Congress who campaigned on repeal and then didn’t do a damn thing.
Now Trump is in, and he basically has to work from scratch. And unlike what some people say here, he simply can’t just throw the whole thing out. Mostly because Obamacare annihilated huge swaths of our existing infrastructure. We can’t go back to what we had because what we had no longer exists. It’s like trying to claim that we can go back to a fine old house AFTER it was knocked down and a slum built on its lot.
Eventually, insurance needs to work like insurance again. You get insurance BEFORE you get sick and this allows the insurance companies to pay out claims later.
In addition, some aspects of the plan will take 60 votes, democrats will have to be consulted since 8 votes are needed in the Senate.
Those that think this is a snap of the fingers are incredibly ignorant and would make a complete mess of it.
After all, not all parts of Obamacare are even implemented and it was passed in 2009 or 2010.
This IS complicated and the new law needs to be discussed, debated and vetted. Don't you think insurance companies need to be included to discover what is logistically possible? In other words, we need to know what is in it, before it is passed.
It is so easy to make the cheap comment you did, but Trump actually has to govern and fulfill his promises, one of which is that he is going to take care of those who need insurance but can't afford it. If these folks are given vouchers to find health insurance on their own in the open market, then I think we will be fine.
Okay genius. Submit a white paper of how you would design and implement your plan.
A free market plan would involve massive reform of the patent system (patents are inheritantly anti-capitalist and frankly being abused to hell in the US) and allow re-importation of drugs and medical equipment and require pricing posted for every procedure for every medical provider in the country. Not one republican has ever suggested we do that.