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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I think that is another obvious case of the media creating an unreasonable and fake narrative. Obviously a law such as this cannot simply be repealed without some plan to bridge the gap and cover people... yet when you listen to people talk, everyone acts like this is on the table. Trumps inability to filter his language certainly doesn't help him as it tends to bring out the worst in both sides and "repeal...." being put before "replace..." is something that no sane person would make a mantra as it's clear what the media will do with it.
In the case of Obamacare though, there is near universal agreement that a lot of changes need to happen, so i can't imagine this being anything more than squabbling about details.
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There is a segment of the Republican party that would love to just see it repealed and have nothing replace it. They want to go back to how things were before Obamacare. I don't know why that is, maybe it is because they see this as a stepping stone towards a single payer system. The more rational of the Republicans are already coming out and saying they won't support a bill that repeals without a replacement bill in place.
It does need to be fixed. There are several easy things they can do right away that would make it better. I just wonder if they will be able to come together enough to actually do those things. Part of me thinks they would be better off just repealing and replacing the parts that don't work in order to make it better. The Republicans have said this will be their top priority. I'm very curious to see how this turns out especially since I have asthma and until Obamacare came around I was denied the ability to buy real health insurance. It would suck if I had to go back to those days.