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Originally Posted by August
It didn't really work all that well with yearly double digit increases to the annual cost was well on it's way to making health care insurance unaffordable for a great many of that 80%.
I'm not saying the ACA is any better, and i'll grant you that it may even be worse but a simple repeal with no replacement for it is not going to help the situation one little bit.
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If you grant that the ACA is "worse" - then repeal is at the least a start to help the situation compared to what it is today. Maybe not help from where it was - but we don't live in the past - we live in today. Making tomorrow better than today is helping the situation.
Health Care reform is simple - its called common sense.
What should be done is the following...
1) Repeal the ACA and return Health Care insurance to the private sector.
2) Institute tort reform that negates the need for a Dr. to run every test under the sun just because you stubbed your big toe - simply because he doesn't want to get sued.
3) Get government out of all health care. Yes - get rid of Medicaid and Medicare. Why? Because by underpaying for the care of the poor and elderly - they are raising the costs on everyone else. That is right - the government is a huge reason why health care costs are skyrocketing.
4) Open up health insurance competition nationwide. Let Joe and Sally consumer shop across state lines for the best deal. Competition lowers prices - which is another reason the health exchanges are seeing costs increase - there is little to no competition in them.
5) Reform how patents are dealt with. Right now, if a company produced a miracle cancer cure in a pill - they could stop a generic from being produced for 7 years.
6) Allow for generic medications sooner - and allow for them to be purchased from specific foreign locations that agree and comly with meeting the necessary safety testing.
7) Stop demanding that people who can't (and often choose not to be able to) pay for their own care get it for free (or subsidized).
Yep - basically - your own personal doctor is not a human right - nor is it a defined constitutional right. If you can't pay for it - you shouldn't just get it for free.