EDITORIAL: Replacing Obamacare with job-killing Chaoscare
Using a meat-ax instead of a scalpel,
Senate Minority Leader
A Gallup poll in September showed 51 percent of Americans disapproved of ACA, and 44 percent approved. A poll by the
More jobs, a modicum of public satisfaction and saving lives hasn't stopped
Attitudes toward the law have followed party lines, not factual analysis. Opponents says it's too expensive, too intrusive, difficult to navigate and doesn't provide enough choices. Supporters like that people can't be denied coverage for pre-existing medical conditions, that companies have to treat men and women equally regarding cost and that children can stay on their parent's health care plan until age 26.
As much as
A study by the
The right thing to do is keep the law in place, at least until an adequate replacement is devised. Americans dependent on the insurance, and the health care industry, which warns that repeal could be disastrous without a substitute, should not be quaking because of the Republican vendetta on Obamacare.
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