Republicans Face Challenge of Consensus Before Replacing the ACA, Policy Expert Says
“It was evident from the internal backlash to the recent Republican House committee bills that there is a deep divide among Republicans.”
“It was evident from the internal backlash to the recent Republican House committee bills that there is a deep divide among Republicans.”
Republicans are not looking at the problems with the ACA, nor are they trying to find real solutions. The only Americans they seem to serve are those who need the ACA the least.
It is not yet clear where the money for the single-payer system would come from.
President Trump’s executive order would likely lead to dropped coverage and increased premiums — which would conflict with the goals of the ACA — its provisions would be difficult to implement.
Is the aim of our health-care system to care for human beings or to generate profits for corporations?
Only way we can build a better health care system is to depoliticize it and put it back into the hands of doctors and patients.
The ACA has acted as an enzyme that accelerated the “corporate buyout” of our health-care system.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) examines the impact of health reform on community health centers (CHCs) and their patients. “Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: A Nationwide and State-by-State Analysis,” estimates that more than 5 million health center patients would have gained coverage had all states participated in a sweeping Medicaid expansion. However, nearly half of all CHCs are located in states that have opted out of the expansion. As a result, more than a million uninsured CHC patients who would have been covered under a nationwide Medicaid expansion will be left without the protection of health insurance, the report says.
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