When congressional Republicans rebuffed President Trump's renewed push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on April 2, Trump suggested a plan to pursue another repeal vote after his reelection in 2020.
This continued focus on repealing Obamacare is a huge mistake for the GOP. Obamacare repeal was deeply unpopular among voters and hurt Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections.
Pursuing incremental reforms that improve care and make it affordable without throwing the health-care system into uncertainty and chaos is in the GOP's best interest and the country's.
These secret contracts hide the real cost of care from consumers, as hospitals collude with insurers to push patients away from lower-cost providers.
Another way hospitals help suppress competition in health care is through market consolidation.
A New York Times analysis found that the price of hospital stays increased as much as 54 percent in areas that went from having multiple hospitals to having only one, as opposed to increases of roughly 10 percent in comparable areas with multiple hospitals.
It is true that in the long run, Republicans must develop a comprehensive vision of the future of health care.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/health-care-reform-incremental-obamacare-repeal/
This continued focus on repealing Obamacare is a huge mistake for the GOP. Obamacare repeal was deeply unpopular among voters and hurt Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections.
Pursuing incremental reforms that improve care and make it affordable without throwing the health-care system into uncertainty and chaos is in the GOP's best interest and the country's.
These secret contracts hide the real cost of care from consumers, as hospitals collude with insurers to push patients away from lower-cost providers.
Another way hospitals help suppress competition in health care is through market consolidation.
A New York Times analysis found that the price of hospital stays increased as much as 54 percent in areas that went from having multiple hospitals to having only one, as opposed to increases of roughly 10 percent in comparable areas with multiple hospitals.
It is true that in the long run, Republicans must develop a comprehensive vision of the future of health care.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/health-care-reform-incremental-obamacare-repeal/
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