The media have been reporting that Republicans in Washington have every intention of repealing, at long last, "Obamacare", the Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA. They've wanted to for years, of course. They wrote and attempted to pass this repeal at least 60 times in Congress, literally, wasting all that time and energy and so, our American taxpayer dollars, in their efforts.
Meanwhile, more Americans have health insurance for the first time in the nation's history. There are a lot more successes of the program, too.
Obamacare: an unheralded success
- The Boston Globe
There are rumors out there that the Republicans won't wipe it all away, that they'll keep some of it. It's difficult to tell. What's clear is that, after all these years of not wanting the ACA, they did not have then, nor do they, today, a replacement for it. Likely more than 20 million Americans could, then, lose their health insurance. Who knows? They surely don't.
What we do know is this, from the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. It was true then, when he said it and it's still patently, sadly true.
I've pointed this out before. We have, beyond measure, the most expensive, exclusive, killing health care system in the world, bar none.
Once again, US has most expensive,
least effective health care system
It's the most expensive health care system in the world. So much so, it's killing us. We also have the worst, lowest mortality rates of the top 17 industrialized nations.
So yes, we need health care solutions, Republicans.
Please stop putting your political party, your careers and the already-wealthy and corporations ahead of the needs of the American people, the nation.
Please stop putting your political party, your careers and the already-wealthy and corporations ahead of the needs of the American people, the nation.
Link:
GOP launches long-promisedrepeal of Obamacare with
no full plan to replace it
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