Trump’s pledge to help sick UK baby as millions of US kids lose coverage is a reality TV-style stunt
The Congressional Budget Scoring Office (CBO) said this week that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)’s “Trumpcare” bill would leave 23 million Americans uninsured by 2026, many of whom number among the country’s most vulnerable citizens.
The reason millions of people will not be insured under the new health care plan, if the lazy Senate gets off its ***, is because they DON'T WANT HEALTH INSURANCE. People want to have a choice instead of being forced to buy something. That 22 million number approximates the people NOW who opt out and pay the fine instead of having insurance.
With the improving economy (lowest rate of black unemployment in seventeen years according to the Labor Dept), many people with Obamacare will be covered instead under their employer's plan. That is one reason why fewer people are predicted to need Medicaid because they will have higher incomes. Medicaid spending will increase 20% over the next ten years. Also states will decide how to allocate that money since people in Mississippi have different needs than those in NYC.
The CBO score is often wrong just as it was for Obamacare where it said 22 million would be covered when actual numbers were just under 10 million. It is a finance calculator and not a predictor of human behavior.
People with Obamacare don't have health insurance, they have a health insurance
card. Some states have one or no insurers and they keep shutting down so these people are paying for nothing. Many doctors won't honor the insurance. Even if a few insurers are left, with a $6000 or larger deductible and payments going up by triple digits this year, they will never get to use the insurance they've paid for. One of Trump's first executive orders was to eliminate the mandate to buy insurance so people get some financial relief while waiting for a new plan.
Trump spoke to people at all of his rallies and they all wanted him to repeal and replace. The trouble is there is no 'one size fits all' health plan. Yes, Obamacare helped a few people but we have to think of helping the majority.