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More than a decade later, the GOP has still yet to present an alternative healthcare plan to the ACA. Actual leftists have continued to push and argue for a tru
by cthalupa 11mo ago
More than a decade later, the GOP has still yet to present an alternative healthcare plan to the ACA. Actual leftists have continued to push and argue for a true single payer system.
The ACA Is far from perfect but it was a significant step up from what we had before, and the party that spends all of their time trashing it has never made any sort of serious attempt at creating any sort of alternative.
- brightball 11mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45920924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45920924
- cthalupa 11mo agoBen Carson has not put forth anything even remotely resembling a practical replacement for the ACA. He hasn't even been able to put forth any sort of consistent plan.
- SoftTalker 11mo agoA principled "small government" alternative would be ... nothing. Their view is that the federal government should have no role in providing health insurance.
- cthalupa 11mo agoSure, but that's not actually the position of the GOP or their constituents, or even the pre-ACA situation. The amount of people that actually want the government to have no role in providing health insurance or health care in this country is vanishingly small.
- array_key_first 11mo agoWhich is a very nice view, until the federal government has to start getting involved anyway because someone has to scrape the rotting corpses off the streets. Ultimately the health and life of the citizens is one of the most foundational concerns of any nation. You literally can't just ignore it. You have to face it, whether you want to or not.
- walletdrainer 11mo agoScraping rotting corpses off the streets is really a job better left to the states.
- ahmeneeroe-v2 11mo agoThe better alternative is no ACA.