So you agree with the premise that government is responsible for healthcare?
Yes and no.
I think healthcare is heavily meddled in already. In fact healthcare, is one of the most heavily regulated marketplaces anywhere.
As long as it is so heavily regulated, then we should drive down the cost.
If we were to free the market from all the tons of government regulation I would be all for that, but I see zero sign at the present of any such thing.
So I am very strongly advocating the GOP stop sitting on their hands, and actually compete for votes.
There are inequities in the system having nothing to do with a need for federal spending, but the GOP has refused to address them, while the Democrats have always been for a single payer system. By ignoring the possibility of an equitable free market solution, the GOP has made Obamacare politically inevitable. As more working people on the margins find out about the benefits of Obamacare for them, they will turn against the GOP. The question is whether this will be balanced by votes in the other direction. The Democrats have made sure that Obamacare subsidies only phase out when a household reaches the 80th percentile of household incomes. The benefits show up today. The costs will hit people making over $100K years from now, perhaps taking their marginal rates to 50%. Politically-speaking, it's becoming clear why Democrats think opposition to Obamacare is a loser for the GOP.