The Observation Deck: The Republicans’ (Don’t Care) Health Care Plan
Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services said that Trumpcare would put in place “a patient-centered system where we get patients and families and doctors making medical decision and not Washington D.C.” That is so much unmitigated bullshit I can’t believe even the most avid Trumpist can believe it.
For the past five years, I have dealt with three kinds of cancer, three surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, experimental drugs, numerous scans, lab tests and various consultations and not once, got that, not once has Washington D.C. had anything to do with making my medical decisions.
The Republican Party keeps telling you that “the American people” want choices, they want to manage their own health care, they want to get Washington bureaucrats out of your health care, that the free-market insurance business will make everything wonderful with liberty and health care for all.
No, the American people would just like to have a health care system free from anxiety and clearly understandable. The Republicans flat out do not want to give all Americans guaranteed health care. It can be done. This article is a clear explanation of how. Of course, the Republicans, insurance companies and big pharma would never allow it.
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