Obamacare

Goodman: Obamacare Alternatives Soar

Goodman: Obamacare Alternatives Soar

According to Gallup, the number of people who are uninsured has risen over the last two years. Although this conclusion is disputed by government estimates, it’s very possible that no one is measuring the phenomenon correctly.

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In the current effort to reform Obamacare, Republicans are missing a huge opportunity.

In the current effort to reform Obamacare, Republicans are missing a huge opportunity.

The one really good (and really amazing) thing about Obamacare is that the Democrats put a cap on future Medicare spending. This was not a ten-year cap. It goes on forever – essentially restricting Medicare’s growth to the growth of the economy. According to the Medicare Trustees reports, the day Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act he wiped away more than $50 trillion in unfunded Medicare liability.

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If Republicans could get past their Obamacare obsession, they might fix health care

If Republicans could get past their Obamacare obsession, they might fix health care

Republicans are bogged down in their efforts to pass a health reform bill for one basic reason: they are too obsessed with repealing the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) instead of reforming the health care system and solving people’s problems. Put differently, they have forgotten Donald Trump’s campaign promise to make health insurance better and less expensive and leave no one behind.

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