Repeal
and Replace with What?
Republicans have promised to repeal and replace
Obamacare. The question is, replace it
with what? Here’s an idea. Replace it with a national Medicare like
program. Medicare was created in 1965 to
provide health care coverage for all Americans over the age of 65. Members of Medicare love the program. The approval rating among those participating
in Medicare is over 90%. And you don’t
have to worry about your doctor participating in Medicare because almost all
doctors accept Medicare patients. Medicare is already a working and functioning
program, so there should be less confusion with setting up the new program,
basically all that is needed is to expand the eligible participants to include
all Americans rather than only those over 65.
Additionally, with so many new people under age 65 participating in this
new Medicare program, many of them who are healthy, the Medicare premiums will
be far less than medical insurance premiums now. It will be a realistic and valuable
improvement to Americans medical care systems.
If you like this idea, please share it with a
friend.
Terry AmRhein, author of Democracy on the Edge
