The Congressional Budget Office Report On The American Health Care Act Throws A Curve At The Health Care Plan Of The Republican Controlled U.S. Senate

The CBO's report that destroys the U.S. House passed American Health Care Act allows the American people to see just how phony Trump and the republican party are on health care and has thrown the republican controlled Senate a curve on trying to reconcile their plan with the House plan.  And to make matters worse a few republican Senators are complaining that the Senate has no say and that certain Senators are working to craft a bill by speaking with only a few factions in the Senate.  In other words there is no real debate going on in the Senate.

That is what the House did, there was no debate, only conversations with certain House groups to gain their support to pass a bill that turned out to be a ploy and a scheme.  It is easy to recognize that Trump and the republican controlled congress is bad at governing and even worse at being transparent when their own party does not even allow for a full debate on health care reform.  The issue is well past the lies of the last seven years that they had a plan already worked out to repeal and replace the ACA.

It was a different story when President Obama and the democratic controlled congress passed the ACA.  Hundreds of private and public hearings were held to debate the issue.  The public, elected officials, business, the insurance industry, the health care industry, state officials and other interested in health care reform had an opportunity to provide their opinions, thoughts and recommendations.  It was a transparent time.  The republican response was lies about "death panels" that never existed and urging fellow republican governors not to establish insurance outlets in their states to enroll those who wanted to participate in the ACA in order to divide the people.  President Obama and the democratic controlled congress showed leadership on health care reform.

The republican controlled Senate has an opportunity now to show leadership, reject the House passed version of the AHCA and make the necessary changes and improvements to the ACA.  It would be much better to do that than repeal the ACA that has insured over 20,000,000 people.  So what if its Hillary Clinton's plan.  It will be an American plan that works.  Trump and the U.S. House had their chance and failed the test.  And sooner or later the republican party will have to reject Donald Trump and move past his Presidency.  This writer believes the sooner, the better.


This commentary written by Joe Lorio