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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What the proponents of ACA cannot get through their thick skulls is that it is structurally flawed and the only way to keep it going is to throw money into it. As some have argued the structural flaws were intentional because it would hasten the day when single payer health care would become inevitable and that was the ulterior goal. It was a plan that went awry because Hillary did not win the election and Trump, who is committed to repealing ACA through legislation or regulation or executive orders won the presidency.

I did not vote for Trump and dislike him but on this he is spot on - even if some of the Republican alternatives that did not get pass were not the answer either.

ACA needs to be destroyed before the Democrats and Republicans will come together to develop an alternative. As Pelosi and Schumer have made abundantly clear: they will not cooperate in any legislation that involves the repeal of ACA.

The ultimate solution will end up including components that both parties now view as anathema but which are needed before a viable, structurally sound alternative can be developed.[/quote]
What you don't understand is that since Rs won't and can't come up with a better alternative, people  - 70% of Americans  - want to shore up ACA .[/quote]

First, a plan put forward by either party to the exclusion of the other will more than likely fail because it will be ideological. It has to be something that both parties buy into which is why there will be components that both parties will want to resist.

As far as most Americans wanting to "shore up ACA", sure they do because once you give people a "benefit" it is very difficult to take it away from them - and that applies irrespective of which party they support. "Shoring up ACA" will be an unending process because it is structurally flawed. People like Pelosi and Schumer who say that the repeal of ACA is not on the table will only be willing to negotiate when they realize that ACA is going to implode and they - as well as Republicans - will face the wrath of voters if they don't do something.[/quote]

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