PEOPLE WONDER WHY THE HOUSE CAN’T OR WON’T COME UP WITH A HEALTHCARE BILL THAT ALL REPUBLICANS CAN AGREE UPON, THAT DEMOCRATS CAN INDORSE, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SIGN, AND THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WILL ACCEPT. THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR TIRED AND BEWILDERED EYES. BUT BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, LET’S LOOK AT THE BILL THE HOUSE HAS PUT FORWARD.
IT’S ABSURD. IT’S WORSE THAN ABSURD, IT’S OBSCENE. AND THERE’S A REASON FOR THIS, A VERY CLEAR AND INTENTIONAL REASON. THEY NEVER WANTED IT TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND SUCCEED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I MEAN LOOK AT IT, IT’S RIDICULOUS. GIVE THE RICHEST AMERICANS AN 8 BILLION DOLLAR TAX BREAK AND PASS THE COST OF THAT ON TO THE POOREST AMERICANS? THROW 24 MILLION AMERICANS INTO THE DARK AND THE COLD WITHOUT ANY HEALTH INSURANCE? ARE THE DEMOCRATS GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THAT? IS THE PRESIDENT GOING TO SIGN IT? WILL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (THOSE WHO BOTHER TO EVEN LOOK) ACCEPT THIS INSANE PIECE OF LEGALESE? YOU SAW HOW MUCH SCRUTINY THEY GAVE CANDIDATE TRUMP. IT PROBABLY DOESN’T MATTER, NOT ENOUGH WILL LOOK AND HENSE, NOT ENOUGH WILL OBJECT. LET’S HOPE THAT THE DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO TOUCH IT AND IT DIES A QUICK DEATH IN THE SENATE. BUT MY GUESS IS THAT THE SHEAR TEMPTATION WILL BE TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO RESIST.
TO BEGIN WITH, THE BILL STILL HAS OBAMA’S NAME ON IT; “OBAMA CARE”. THIS IS THE PRIMARY PROBLEM, BUT A NECESSARY ONE. BECAUSE ALL THE GOOD STUFF ABOUT A HEALTH INSURANCE BILL IS CONTAINED IN “OBAMA CARE”. FOR INSTANCE, NO PENALTIES FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, NO CAPS, KIDS REMAIN COVERED TILL THEY’RE 26, ETC., ETC. THESE ARE THE THINGS AMERICANS LOVE ABOUT “OBAMA CARE”. AND REPUBLICANS ARE STUCK WITH THEM. THEY CAN’T JUST TRASH “OBAMA CARE” AND THEN PRESENT A NEW BILL WITH ALL THE SAME BENEFITS. “REPEAL AND REPLACE”. THAT’S BEEN THEIR CRY FOR THE PAST 7 TO 8 YEARS. BUT REPLACE WITH SOMETHING BETTER? WHAT? THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER IS TO LOWER THE COST AND CREATE A SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM LIKE OTHER PROGRESSIVE COUNTRIES SUCH AS GB, CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS, ETC. BUT THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE GOP POLITICIANS ARE MARRIED TO THE CONCEPT OF “SOCIALISM” AND HAVE DEMONIZED THE VERY THOUGHT OF IT. SO NO, THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY’RE NOT EVEN CONSIDERING IT…!!!
THE PROBLEM ISN’T THE BILL. IT’S HOW TO PAY FOR IT. AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT ON WITHOUT TAKING ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY, AN INDUSTRY THAT MOST LIKELY PAYS FOR HALF OF THE REPUBLICAN’S CAMPAIGNS. YOU SEE THEIR DELIMA? THEY’D HAVE TO BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM. AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER. SO THEY LEAVE OBAMA’S NAME ON THE BILL, MAKE IT SO REVOLTING THAT ONLY THE SUPER RICH CAN EVEN CONSIDER TO STOMACH IT, AND PRESENT IT TO THE GOP PRESIDENT TO APPROVE AND SIGN. EITHER THEY HAVE A REMARKABLE SENSE OF HUMOR, OR THEY’VE LOST ALL SENSE OF PROPORTION. THEN AGAIN, PERHAPS THEIR EVIL IS SO DEEP AND PERVASIVE THAT THEY IMAGINE THEY MIGHT JUST GET AWAY WITH IT…??? THE FACT THAT TRUMP DIDN’T TEAR UP THE BILL AND THROW IT BACK IN THEIR FACES JUST SHOWS THAT ON SOME LEVEL HE’S IN KAHOOTS WITH THEM…
IN THE END, THEY’RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND TAX PAYER’S MONEY IN COMMITTEE’S AND IN DEBATES, MAKING IT ALL LOOK AS IF THEY’RE SERIOUS ABOUT REPEALING AND REPLACING “OBAMA CARE”. MAKING IT LOOK AS IF THEY HAVE THE NEEDS AND THE WISHES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN MIND, WHEN IN TRUTH, THEY’RE ONLY SERIOUS ABOUT HOLDING ON TO THEIR JOBS AND THEIR PRIVILEGED LIFE STYLES, THE WHOLE ROTTEN BUNCH OF THEM… 
