The GOP has never had a plan that would provide the same safety net for those who do not have employer-provided insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare and who are not wealthy enough to pay their healthcare bills, and those who have pre-existing conditions that are uninsurable by any actuarial table. They have been so wedded to the concept of health care as a profit center for business that they have fought Medicare, Medicaid expansion, and any government funding to support them since the 1930s. It is in their DNA, and it is inhumane given the cost of the lifesaving and life extension of modern medicine and the power of the pharma and health provider lobby. Trump pledges to repeal and replace Obamacare with no plan again. Haley wants to raise the age to qualify for Medicare. It's his same old tune, the second verse. This is in the face of life expectancy in the US is declining, not rising.
What needs to happen is not only to preserve the gains that have been made but to slap excess profit taxes on the for-profit providers and insurers who are rolling in the dough thanks to unbridled price raising and gouging not subject to anti-trust action that otherwise could provide marketplace competition.. They keep raising their premium prices, and government programs have to either restrict and reduce access and coverage or pass the cost on to consumers and taxpayers. Obamacare is tied to financial need via the exchanges, a bow to conservatives.
Election 2024: Trump says he would renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' | AP News
Nikki Haley calls for changing retirement age for Americans currently in their 20s | CNN Politics
How the GOP Turned Against Medicaid - POLITICO Magazine
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Arc of History Bends Toward Coverage: Policy Crossroads (commonwealthfund.org)
What’s behind U.S. life expectancy decline | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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