The Battle Over Obama Care
Over the Weekend Donald Trump removes a section of Obama care, giving subsidies to Insurance companies. These subsidies are given to the insurance companies to lower out of pocket payments by those in need by boosting the companies with money to cut costs. In contrast to this Many senators were currently working to extend these subsidies which the president did away with. His executive order was another hit to Obama care, in an effort to undermine the issue. Donald posted a tweet following this issue trying to bring Democrats to the table for a negotiation almost blackmailing them saying, "If the Democrats were smart, what they’d do is come and negotiate something where people could really get the kind of health care that they deserve," The Democrats seemed unfazed with many saying that they are fairly sure any spike in premiums or prices will fall directly on the Republicans, However, the Republican party is currently split with half fearing this move will hurt their constituents. Chuck Schumer the Democratic leader out of New York mentioned following this repeal of subsidies that "“Unless our Republican colleagues act, the American people will know exactly where to place the blame when their premiums shoot up and when millions lose coverage,” The president has begun to leave lawmakers to fix the issues of Obama care instead of taking the initiative himself. He has left Congress to debate over what to do next and he wants to slowly take apart the plan. With Republicans still not having another plan in place this could potentially leave millions without insurance. To add the issues we already have the Congressional Budget Office said that if subsidies are cut we can see a spike of 20% in costs for next year's premiums. With this issue being pushed at this time Congress will have to debate in September which leads to a cause of concern for a government shutdown, however many say that they will find a budget for it, given the majority.
1) Do you think Trump is taking the right course of action? why?
2) What better alternative is there? why? Whats his mistakes?
3) Do you believe Congress will find a way to negotiate before a possible Govorment shutdown?
3. It's hard to tell if the Congress will avoid a government shutdown, but it really doesn't matter. If Congress does negotiate, such negotiations will be rushed and messy. Donald Trump wants to repeal the ACA badly, but his executive order leads me to think that he's forgetting about the implications of his actions, and that millions of Americans are counting on him to do the right thing. If the government does shut down, Donald Trump will have lots of trouble with Congress. Either way, it's really a big embarrassment for the President that he hasn't truly put forth legitimate legislation with majorities in both houses.
ReplyDelete1. I think this is not the correct course of action to take. Undermining Obamacare to force it to implode and then building a new system from the ground-up would certainly be a political victory, but most definitely a pyrrhic one. The American people would suffer unduly from this lack of coverage for a period of time and the costs from no coverage would far outweigh any economic advantage that de-regulating the markets would have. He should instead seek a different course of action.
ReplyDelete3. It is more than likely that the government will shutdown due to Trumps action. When Obamacare first went through it was hard to get a majority and even then they just barley got it. There is no way now that Congress will be able to come up with a solution that appeals to everyone by September. Some people are for government healthcare and want that to be the only form of insurance but others want private insurances that are partially funded to keep the cost down, and Congress couldn't find a middle ground then so what would make it different now.
ReplyDeleteWith the way things are right now, I don’t think Trump is taking the right course of action. In order to repeal Obamacare, there has to be something equally beneficial replacement to those who can’t afford insurance. What Trump has proposed in place of Obamacare is something that primarily benefits insurance companies and not the people. Obamacare is not exactly sustainable in the long run, but this replacement allows insurance companies to deny people in need of health care the funding they need for appropriate treatment.
ReplyDelete1. No, Trump is not making a good choice with removing Obamacare. Not only does this increase health care prices for the people who already have it, but it will get rid of health care in full to some lower class citizens who might need it. All this repeal does is force Americans to pay more for a service that many would find to be a basic human right
ReplyDelete1. I think getting rid of the subsidies is not the right way to go. I feel it will only serve to anger people more as he tries to dismantle Obama care piece by piece. This would also largely affect the American citizens and the way they have to pay for healthcare and insurance
ReplyDelete1. I think getting rid of the subsidies is not the right way to go. I feel it will only serve to anger people more as he tries to dismantle Obama care piece by piece. This would also largely affect the American citizens and the way they have to pay for healthcare and insurance
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