Friday, March 10, 2017

Critic on Obamacare Repeal

I just read a Townhall blog post by Guy Benson titled, "Krauthammer to GOP on Obamacare Repeal: 'Pick a Damn Plan' and Unite, or You'll Fail," were Benson recites Philip Klein's column, that it is time for the Republican Party to come up with a plan. In this post, Benson sounds the alarm to the GOP that if they fail to unite to replace Obamacare or what he calls "the failing law," Republicans will most likely be unsuccessful. He believes that a bad health care plan is better than the "crumbling status quo." Now I understand Benson's reasoning behind such a suggestion, however, we are not talking about any ordinary policy. The repeal and replacement of Obamacare has the potential of affecting millions of lives and deciding the fate of thousands of individuals who depend on it. Benson and people like Philip Klein are more concern with how the Republican Party may be perceived, than the impact the policies may have on the average American. Benson continues by quoting Charles Krauthammer," Conservatives are going to eventually find themselves in a similar spot — contemplating whether to support a plan they'd now consider Obamacare Lite in order to avoid preserving Obamacare Heavy." Benson claims that Krauthammer is essentially imploring the Republicans to act, yet nothing in the passage suggest what Benson is claiming. Later in his post, Benson suggest that the new replacement must have many aspects of Obamacare, like protecting people with pre-existing conditions, provide financial assistance to obtain coverage, and so on.  I personally find such a suggestion ludicrous, since conservatives continue to claim that Obamacare is a disaster and the attributes conservatives most disliked of Obamacare are needed to provide insurance to individuals with pre-existing conditions. Guy Benson overall wrote a decent post. His post was obviously biased but not too much to insult the reader, however, I am not surprised of him leaning to the right since his intended audience is conservatives.

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