President-elect Donald Trump has recently announced that he will be selecting Georgia representative Tom Price as his head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Price and Trump both agree that Obamacare is detrimental to "american access to quality, affordable healthcare. While they do plan to dismantle Obamacare/The Affordable Care Act, Price believes he has a plan that will successfully reform america's health care system. The plan involves enticing americans to use health-savings accounts and adjusting fees based on age. Price also advocates for the termination of federally funded abortions and plans to protect organizations that refuse to offer abortions based on religious reasons. Price calls his plan "A Better Way". Trump has yet to release any specific plans, yet continually announces that dismantling obamacare will be one of his first tasks in office.
The dismantling of Obamacare could and will leave many americans once again without access to medical aid. This announcement, combined with Trump's opposition to abortion, planned parenthood, and other organizations and processes regarding women's health is incredibly dangerous and ignorant to roughly half of the population's needs. Hopefully the new system will work, however redesigning a program that is already in place and that works fairly well seems counterintuitive. "Don't fix it if it ain't broke". This is similar to the invention of the cotton gin, when slavery, which was fading out, suddenly regained popularity and skyrocketed. In this, society digressed immensely in its rate of inclusivity, just as the new healthcare system and the demolition of Obamacare looms in the near future.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/28/news/economy/tom-price-trump-health-secretary/index.html
Obamacare, although it is a controversial topic, provides healthcare to those who are not fortunate enough to pay for it themselves and to see that go would be a loss for hose in our country who may need it!
ReplyDeleteIt'd be so unfortunate that the people under Obamacare may now not get healthcare, it's just terrible.
ReplyDeleteI know that there are lots of people who love and rely on Obamacare, as well as many who don't like it. It will be interesting to see how Trump handles this, and hopefully, nobody will be harmed in the process.
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Though Obamacare overall has had some negative effects, I think the overall goal of taking care of people and getting them affordable healthcare has been achieved, which I think is what really matters. I hope Trump recognizes this, and will address the issues but still keep people's health care taken care of.
ReplyDeleteThis Obamacare debate is fairly heated, and I understand the pros and cons of it, all I can say is that all Americans should be able to have access to good health care and hopefully Trump does something to help it rather than throw it to the ground.
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