Health Care
The Left believes universal healthcare is a right. They support President Obama's passage of the Affordable Care Act (PPACA), aka ObamaCare. The middle are afraid of ObamaCare because they don't know what's in it, it means more taxation and higher federal debt, but they are equally afraid of skyrocketing healthcare costs. The Right believes that healthcare is an individual choice just like buying a home and the individual should control their personal healthcare decisions. Therefore, the Right believes PPACA (ObamaCare) is a misguided attempt at Socialism and should be repealed. The Right also believes the US cannot afford such a program when other countries are trying to relieve themselves of their previously instituted universal healthcare programs, and, under its current design more people will just opt out so it does not help access. Because ObamaCare is a federal program, costs will certainly rise in the form of both taxes to pay for it and the services it provides. The individual mandate was believed to violate the Constitution, but on June 28, 2012, SCOTUS issued an opinion which affirmed ObamaCare as a tax and as such was allowable under the Constitution. The fight now returns to the political arena. A very good healthcare blog where you can follow Healthcare and ACA issues can be found here. Below, and in the associated sub-categories, you can follow the arguments on both sides.

What Trump Has Done to Change Health Care and How It’s Helped Battle COVID-19

11/11/20
from National Review,
10/18/20:
How Trump is revolutionizing health care. These are policy changes that are almost never mentioned in the mainstream media, are largely ignored by the heath care media and are rarely mentioned by the candidates themselves.
  • Virtual Medicine: Liberating patients and their doctors to use the phone, email, Skype, Zoom, Facebook etc.
  • Round-the-Clock Primary Care: Employer-funded accounts will soon be used by employees to contract for direct primary care.
  • Patient Power: Enhancing the ability of chronic patients to manage their own care.
  • Centers of Excellence for Chronic Care: Enhancing the ability of Medicare Advantage plans to provide specialized care.
  • Better Care for People with Pre-Existing Conditions: State waivers that lead to better care for the sick and lower premiums for everyone.
  • Insurance Tailored to Individual and Family Needs. In many states, individuals can buy low-cost, mandate-free insrucne that is guaranteed renewable for an indefinite period of time.
  • Price Transparency: Requiring providers to post their prices.
  • Personal and Portable Health Insurance: Allowing employees to purchase individually owned insurance with employer dollars.
Election issues: Almost everything mentioned here is temporary and could go away with a new administration. More From National Review:


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