General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Republicans to Brainstorm on Health Care
Yay.
https://politicalwire.com/2025/11/12/house-republicans-to-brainstorm-on-health-care/
House Republicans to Brainstorm on Health Care
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
kacekwl
(8,773 posts)they're going to fall short.
Jack Valentino
(3,989 posts)RockRaven
(18,347 posts)And don't say that Oz guy. He's a charlatan.
pat_k
(12,435 posts)sakabatou
(45,518 posts)leftieNanner
(16,071 posts)The ACA passed in 2010.
But I'm sure they will have something ready to go in two weeks.
Hugin
(37,113 posts)Yeah, and probably an unfunded health care savings account. So they can shrug and say that they have no responsibility and blame the victims for not having any money in it.
sakabatou
(45,518 posts)leftstreet
(38,208 posts)and also modeled on Romneycare. The only bitching GOPers did about the ACA was the subsidies
There's really nothing they can do here but go...left
haele
(14,845 posts)That everyone needed to be on it or on a market or employer's plan that had similar coverage requirements it if they wanted the tax breaks and -
A minimum of health care services were required to be covered by the ACA or other health care plans that got the tax exemptions whether or not the covered person thought they needed it or not.
Remember the huge nit-picking stink about OB/GYN requirement on all the plans -
"I'm a Healthy 30 year old Man, I shouldn't have to pay extra for women's health care or Cancer screenings or Autoimmune Diseases or Geriatric Services until I'm Good and Ready to...if all I want is Catestrophic coverage, that's all I should need to get..."
Couldn't ever explain to them Health Care is not like going to a Starbucks, and why the pool had to be large enough to affordably cover everyone.
We're going to end up with the "affordable" crap they had from around 1987 to 2011, where tens of thousands of working class people a year went bankrupt or lost their homes from unexpected medical bills and - hundreds of thousands a year more went "another year putting off seeing a doctor" due to limits on annual visits and coverage until their health situation became so bad they either ended up in the ER or had to quit working due to disability - and then struggle for years in poverty trying to get on SSDI if they were too far away from retirement.
That's what the GOP now wants, because "Romney Care" is no longer needed for businesses to keep a relatively productive workforce in place; AI will cut that workforce need in half - or get rid of it altogether.
If you're not needed, you're fired - go get another job or starve.
They don't care.
Jack Valentino
(3,989 posts)(A concept of a plan to prevent any improvements in American health insurance costs)
NewHendoLib
(61,425 posts)gab13by13
(30,624 posts)the CEO's of Insurance companies who will do the brainstorming.
wolfie001
(6,477 posts)Dumbass Rubio did some shenanigans that caused increased prices early during the rollout. These rePUKE fuckers will only make things worse. Protecting billionaires.
karynnj
(60,671 posts)Without it, all companies need to set rates that include the possibility of insuring one or more of the very high cost people. This raises the cost for everyone and most of the time simply leads to higher profits.
When this policy of the federal government essentially covering catastrophic costs led to a BIG reduction in overall costs as modeled by the Congressional Budget Committee.
wolfie001
(6,477 posts)I've always known him (Rubio) to be a piece of trash and a phony.
Disaffected
(6,009 posts)I'm guessing the latter...
thought crime
(993 posts)A shitstorm by any other name...
markie
(23,755 posts)Changing the name to GOPCare or TrumpCare wont take long
.
Obama is the only part of the ACA they dont like
. If theyre honest
oh wait
.
RazorbackExpat
(746 posts)a tsunami of shitty ideas
yaesu
(8,806 posts)Jack Valentino
(3,989 posts)'Republicans brainstorm'...
Frasier Balzov
(4,722 posts)Just let the free market work its magic, right?
Xolodno
(7,241 posts)Reagan wanted to just give a block grant to each state depending on population and let them decide how to go about it. One thing about the GOP in Congress, they rather punt on an issue than deal with it every few years.