Trump repealing and replacing Obamacare

The main-focus of Obamacare is to provide more Americans with access to affordable health insurance, improve their quality of health care and health insurance, regulate the health insurance industry, and to reduce health care spending in the United States. This was created so that all Americans could be covered somehow and receive the care that they can afford and need. There are many uninsured working families and others who simply cannot afford health insurance. One of the major aims of Obamacare is to help these individuals to get health insurance by expanding Medicaid eligibility and offering cost assistance through health insurance market places. Obamacare makes sure that women get equal healthcare rights and improved women’s health services.

President Trump would like to repeal and replace Obamacare. I feel as though this would take us into a downward spiral by his doing this to the people of this country. Obamacare has helped to benefit so many people and to save so many lives through affordable services and having people covered. It is a shame that Trump wants to take this away especially women’s services. This administration believes that the plan they put together now, is better than the one that exists now. Due to the new plan, premiums would be hiked for older Americans. Some people cannot afford what they already need to pay and now after the white house saying that this plan will not financially hurt people, will it not? They are also trying to put an end to Medicaid expansion. This is something that has saved many lives, including an audience member’s life during this segment. The white house claims that it does not help everyone the same way and that it is difficult, and that one out of every three physicians won't see Medicaid patients. In my opinion, doctors should not to be blamed for ot taking the insurance, the white house needs to do more about what is best for the American people, and they are doing to opposite. They said that giving individual states freedom, would help to “save money”. An audience member then asked a question on Planned Parenthood, something every woman was waiting for to be asked about. The woman said that: how low-income women could continue receiving health care services if the organization they depend on is defunded through the Republican legislation? The one statement that was said was very frustrating to hear. The white house said that the bill has tried to address widespread concerns about federal tax dollars being used to perform abortion services. That does not give them the right to defund it because of one service that women may truly be in need of it, it is not fair. They had also said that the GOP legislation would "increase money for women's health services." All that was really said about that, was they want to make certain is that they are responding to the concerns of the majority of the American people. They did not directly answer the full question. This healthcare plan will have terrible repercussions for Americans as it does not give what the people need. They are taking away more than they are giving with this new plan and it is just unfortunate.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/19/politics/tom-price-health-care/index.html