While I would agree with you that demanding to see the entire plan may not reasonable, the problem seems to be that even the Republicans don't know what the plan is, and "repeal & replace" may not be all that easy to do. There are a lot of moving parts in the ACA, and turning off the machine is not going to be as simple as just flipping a switch. It's important that they have a plan in place before they repeal it, or there could be chaos - it only takes a simple majority to repeal it but could take a supermajority in the Senate to replace it, and they don't have the votes. For instance, Ryan's idea of replacing Medicare with some kind of voucher system probably won't fly in the Senate and is going to be very unpopular with those already on Medicare. So I think it's important that we know basically what they intend to do first. We don't need to know all the details, but we do need to have an idea about what you intend to do.
I was amused, but not surprised to see Trump's "plan", which he touted while on the campaign trail but wouldn't articulate - it was basically just telling the Republicans and Democrats to work together and come up with something better. That was your plan, Mr. Trump? He never had an alternative healthcare plan. |
