Repeal and Replace with What?

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.

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Terry AmRhein, author of Democracy on the Edge