The “Repeal & Replace” of Obamacare is Neither Quick, nor
Centrally Planned -
The incoming administration is being challenged to produce a
comprehensive replacement for the Affordable Care Act before the existing law is completely repealed. Neither is going to happen quickly. Repealing the ACA will come in steps designed to preclude leaving large numbers of people without their newly acquired medical coverage before a substitute system is in place. The surgical dismantling will also seek to preserve the popular features
of the ACA, like the protection of people with pre-existing conditions.
The question of what comprehensive master plan will replace
ACA fails to grasp the fundamental dichotomy of political philosophy. The new
president will rely on the greatest American asset to produce a replacement
system, the American free market. There is no master plan hidden in someone’s desk drawer, but rather, bits and pieces have been taking shape in the minds of American business leaders, and a process of trial and error will soon follow. Ultimately, a competitive set of options will be available to all
Americans, and the poor will have to be subsidized in purchasing their own private
medical insurance.
President Obama’s greatest legacy is not the mechanics of
this deficient law but the new acceptance by all Americans that universal
medical care is right and long overdue.
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