Earlier in the interview,
Ryan discussed how much easier it will be to pass legislation if repugicans can steal the Senate. The real tell of what repugicans have in
mind came when the conversation turned to Obamacare.
Ryan said,
It is so fundamentally flawed in it’s basic
architecture that we shouldn’t to mimic it. I believe that a smart
system that is patient centered that equalizes the tax treatment of
Obamacare will give everybody, the ability the option to go get
affordable health insurance. Whether they choose to do that or not is
not really something you can necessarily actually capture in scoring,
but if you have a system that gives everybody access to affordable care
in a free market system that is patient centered included people with
preexisting conditions, things like risk pools, then I believe that is
suffient.
I’d go back to the pre-Obamacare baseline is what I
would do. I think that’s the way to go. We shouldn’t assume we’re going
to have an explosive entitlement then replace it with our own. I would
start over again, quite frankly.
What Ryan was suggesting is that if repugicans take
control of the Senate, they are going to begin the process of repealing
Obamacare. The real target date that repugicans have in mind is 2017.
If repugicans control Congress and steal the presidency, they will be
able to repeal the ACA and replace it with a voucher system.
When Ryan talks about patient based solutions
and equalizing the tax treatment what he means is that repugicans want
to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a flat rate tax credit or
voucher for health insurance. Paul Ryan wants to go back to the old
system with the bonus of millions of dollars in taxpayer money for the
insurance companies.
Ryan wants to replace the ACA and Medicare/Medicaid with health vouchers.
It doesn’t matter to repugicans that millions of people have access to
affordable healthcare that they didn’t have before. It doesn’t matter
that the ACA is working. The repugican position is all about destroying
a law that helps people while providing a huge gift to the insurance
industry.
The Senate elections matter. If repugicans steal the
Senate, they will be two-thirds of the way towards their goal of
denying millions of people healthcare. A repugican victory in November
will be another step towards returning to the bad old days of the recent
past.
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