America was promised by Republicans that they would repeal the health care reform. With November elections imminent, the GOP believes the public is on their side. The health care law has become more of a debate lately. There is also a type of ignorance with the medical care law. Most Americans do not know what it in it. Republicans are glad about this. They wish to be able to use the ignorance for their own purposes. The president won’t support the Republicans in this. Besides the majority of congress, the president can still veto. Provisions in the health care bill began on September 23. It has already begun. Numerous might change their minds after realizing coverage for pre-existing conditions and free preventive care are part of the package.
Politicians pledging to America
GOP’s vow is most likely just an attack line as it plans to fight the health care reform as part of its Pledge to The United States. Republicans won’t take Senate most likely, if you ask Derek Thompson at the Atlantic. Also, Obama has the ultimate power to veto anything that hurts the health care reform. Thompson thinks that it will backfire if the GOP succeeds in getting the part of the bill requiring everybody to have health care insurance to be repealed. Individuals will not get insurance until they need it, and then they have pre-existing conditions companies can’t reject them for. Rates would end up going higher for insurance corporations. If Republicans try to defund Medicaid expansion, they’ll take away health care from millions. Reversing the cuts for Medicare will mean millions of Americans won’t get the medical care that cash was being saved for.
Knowing nothing about the health care reform creates more opposition
Some polls have emboldened Republicans to make the promise of fight. A Rasmussen Reports survey showed that 61 percent of likely United States voters “somewhat” favor repeal. Since late May, that’s probably the most opposition that has been measured. Kavita Pavel at CNN explains some things. She states the public is simply confused about things. She cites a recent survey by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in which only 14 percent knew the law’s first set of patient protections started September 23. Free preventive care was something only half even knew was part of the health care reform. Less knew what the protections that went into effect Sept. 23 were. 25 percent of Americans thought that their health care would be decided by a government panel according to an Associated Press poll, states Kavita.
Difficult to believe there could be an honest health care reform discussion
Numerous republicans don’t like they health care reform. They describe it as something that is fiscally irresponsible. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that health care will cost two-thirds more than it does now by 2019–with or without health care reform. USA Today reports that while the law in its present form isn’t projected to curb spending, it does end insurance company abuses. Also, 32.5 million individuals a year could be able to be covered by medical insurance. More solutions to keep health care costs from going up are needed within the health care reform, states USA Today. But that would require Republicans and Democrats to have an honest discussion about health care reform. That will probably not happen.
Find more details on this subject
The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/is-repealing-health-care-reform-the-next-big-debate/63504/
CNN
cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/24/patel.health.care.repeal/index.html?npt=NP1
USA Today
usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2010-09-13-editorial13_ST_N.htm
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