Opinion The Republicans Have Another Health Care Idea Shocking Of all the political issues that divide us, health care is the one with the greatest impact on ordinary americans’ lives. if democrats hadn’t managed to pass the affordable care act, around 20. If democrats hadn’t managed to pass the affordable care act, around 20 million fewer americans would have health insurance than currently do.
Opinion Time For Republicans To Start From Scratch On Health Care Republican leaders in congress have suggested that one option they are considering to bankroll their tax breaks would be to cut hundreds of billions from medicaid; another proposal would roll. Critics on the left complain that it hasn’t produced truly universal health care, which indeed it hasn’t. but it has done a lot and has become quite popular: so why has obamacare worked as well. After voting to pass a sweeping health care bill with no formal cost assessment, which hadn’t been marked up in policy committees, and which hadn’t even been read by all members of congress,. Through all sorts of dodges, congressional republicans pretend they have no evil designs on the popular health care program. that will end soon.
Opinion The Plot Against Health Care The New York Times After voting to pass a sweeping health care bill with no formal cost assessment, which hadn’t been marked up in policy committees, and which hadn’t even been read by all members of congress,. Through all sorts of dodges, congressional republicans pretend they have no evil designs on the popular health care program. that will end soon. Republicans overwhelmingly favor private insurance, with 76 percent of them supporting it as opposed to 21 percent supporting a government run system. at a time when americans across party lines. In the new york times opinion section, op ed columnist paul krugman writes: "it’s now clear that republicans just have a deep, unreasoning hatred of the idea that government policy may help some people get health care.". Whatever the reason, however, the fact is that whatever they may claim, today’s republicans hate the idea of poor and working class americans getting the health care they need. But the republican health plan — what pundits are labeling trump–ryan care (after paul ryan, the speaker of the house) — advocates decreasing financial support for those worse off while decreasing taxes for the rich.
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