Recently, on a cable news show,, a GOP senator was asked this question; if there are problems with the availability of insurance exchanges in various states, why not just let these people go through the DC exchanges? The senator said something to the effect of, "Hey, maybe that's something we should do and we'll have to look into it." Well, let's not hold our breath because that's never going to happen.
Right now this Congress is in a state of chaos and the GOP plan to destroy Obamacare may have died of self-inflicted wounds. But as many observers have noted, this political zombie keeps coming back from the dead and McConnell apparently can't take no for an answer.
So we'll have to wait and see what happens next. Now, even if this plan is actually dead and tabled, I believe that it will come back to haunt the Republicans because of the cruel manner in which they tried to take medical coverage away from up to 32 million Americans. Maybe Republicans would do well to begin writing their political obituaries in advance of the next elections.
Let's say that, at some time in the future, the Congress, whether controlled by Republicans or Democrats, gets serious about developing a really effective healthcare system that covers every American. How should this be done -- by some 12 senators who know little to nothing about the medical and insurance sectors, meeting behind closed doors?
Heavens no! The right way to do this is to create a healthcare action group made up of the best minds in the medical field. Doctors, hospital administrators, representatives of major insurance companies, and representatives from each of the major U.S. medical systems now operating -- Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, the private insurance sector and the VA, the Veterans Administration.
Senators would only be present as observers, taking notes to be used in creating necessary legislation.. With this cadre of experts the chances of coming up with a really effective system would be excellent. The main objective should be to create a system to cover all Americans.
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