Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Republicans probably can't actually fight the medical care reform

A health care reform repeal was pledged to The United States. Republicans pledged this. Their side was picked by the public. This is as outlined by the GOP. The health care law has become more of a debate just lately. Americans do not know what the health care law entails either. Republicans are hoping that they can use this to their advantage. However, besides a majority in Congress, Republicans cannot escape the presidential veto. Provisions within the health care bill began on September 23. It has already begun. Some of the perks are free preventive care and coverage for pre-existing conditions. Many may decide these are kind of nice in their lives. Source for this article – The Republican pledge to repeal health care reform is unrealistic by Personal Money Store.

Pledge to America is political theater

The GOP made a Pledge to America. It is most likely just creating an attack line by vowing to fight the medical care reform in this Pledge. Derek Thompson at the Atlantic said it’s doubtful Republicans will take the Senate. 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it will backfire if the GOP succeeds in getting the part of the bill requiring everyone to have health insurance to be repealed. People will stay away from getting insurance until they have to have it. Next, with a pre-existing condition, they will sign up for health insurance that cannot be denied. Then insurance businesses would raise prices further on everyone. If Republicans try to defund Medicaid expansion, they’ll take away health care from millions. Cash is being saved for millions to get health care. Reversing the cuts for Medicare will create the opposite effect.

Numerous opposed to health care reform as a result of ignorance

Some polls have emboldened Republicans for making the promise of repeal. Rasmussen Report did a survey of United States of America voters. Only 61 percent “somewhat” favor repeal. Since late May, that’s one of the most opposition that has been measured. The public does not know what it going on, according to Kavita Pavel at CNN. 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 Sept. 23. Less than half knew health care reform allowed them free preventive care. The protections that went into effect Sept. 23 weren’t known. Less than the half from before knew it. Kavita also mentioned an Associated Press poll finding that 25 percent of Americans bought the falsehood that a government panel would make d! ecisions about their health care.

Unlikely any person will discuss health care reform honestly

Republicans say health care reform is fiscally irresponsible. Whether or not there is health care reform, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services say that by 2019, health care is going to go up two thirds. USA Today explains the law isn’t supposed to curb spending. It can be responsible for ending abuses by insurance companies. It also has enough cost controls to bring health insurance coverage to an additional 32.5 million people. USA Today said what health care reform needs is more solutions to keep health care costs from increasing at unsustainable rates. An honest discussion would have to be had between Republicans and Democrats. This would be about the medical care reform. That has never happened before. I have no idea why it would happen now.

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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