In particular, Republicans need to capture the narrative. The "loss" of insurance by 23 million Americans has captivated media attention. That is wrong. Nobody will "lose" anything they have today.
What may happen, according to forecasts that we know are unreliable, is that some 15 million people who were forced by the federal government to buy a product they did not want will no longer buy it, and some able-bodied working adults will not in the future be eligible for Medicaid.
A better narrative would be about freedom to choose rather than government coercion, and about making sure that Medicaid remains solvent by keeping it true to its original intent--vulnerable women and children, not able-bodied men.
Why do Republicans continually allow themselves to be boxed in by Democrat Party narratives that make them look evil?
With some changes, the American Health Care Act could be a good placeholder, but doesn’t constitute true reformation of our dysfunctional, unsustainable healthcare system.
Don’t think that once Obamacare is repealed and the placeholder is operating that Republicans will be let off the hook on this issue. The GOP still needs to re-imagine the entirety of American healthcare so that it works for all Americans and is sustainable.
Now is the time to be thinking about a solution to healthcare in America that replaces Medicare, Medicaid, the healthcare elements of Social Security. And that can’t be done at the state level.
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