To Republicans, 5 million cancellation notices is an outrage, even though the people getting the notices will have other options for coverage, and in many cases those options will be cheaper and better. But 47 million people without coverage, in most cases because they cant afford it is not outrageous at all. In fact, its a desired policy outcome. Republicans do not favor any sort of health care reform. They do not favor policies to expand health insurance coverage. They do not even favor their own ideas about high-risk pools. If Republicans had the least bit of interest in fixing Americas trainwreck of a health care system, they would have done it when they ran the federal government. The only thing Republicans can agree on as a party is that they hate the president, they hate Obamacare, and they therefore want to defend the pre-Obamacare status quo. That is, America spending twice as much as our peer countries to achieve the same health outcomes they get, all the while leaving one-seventh of the population uninsured.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:41:45 +0000
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