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I've been in the healthcare business for over 40 years. First, Universal coverage does not have to be single payer. The problems cannot be solved without universal coverage. Achieving universal coverage would require filling in the gaps, probably with a "public plan" accessible to everyone.Everyone - republicans and democrats alike - agree that Obama's healthcare system is horrible and needs replaced with something better..
Biden had a hand in putting that disaster together and has no intention of doing anything more than doubling down on it, so if you want universal healthcare Biden is not your man.
The problem in Congress is though republicans and democrats alike both want the aca replaced with something better, neither side is willing to sit down and figure out together what would be acceptable to both groups.
This issue isn't Trump, it's been going on before Trump and will go on after he's gone. To blame Trump for the mess that congress is is to turn a blind eye to congress as a whole. Both sides are doing their fair share of digging in their heels.
On Universal healthcare I would dig in my own heels, I think its an atrocious plan, but I am open to plans that actually solve problems and don't compound them... I would, and most America would, like to see both sides get together in the spirit of problem solving healthcare in this country....
We all (the populace) have to decide what our middle ground compromise is, and then let our representatives know.
The GOP has done zip about healthcare that is constructive. The moderates in Congress have been run out of town and the remaining adults have no one to work with.
If Trump wins another term, nothing substantive is likely to happen. If Biden wins and the Democrats take Congress there will be another run at healthcare reform. If the balance in the Senate is close, a bipartisan approach is possible as long as Trump is out of office.
https://khn.org/news/sen-alexander-...lan-to-lower-health-costs-end-surprise-bills/
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