As reported in Part IV of the series, Presidential elections are about the future and so far the future of the last three and half years under the administration of President Trump, history tells us that future was not the future promised by the trumpet man. The promise of health care and the repeal of the ACA never took place but the future of the Affordable Care Act has held up well since it was established despite all the attempts by Trump and his party's actions to cripple and kill it. And today, health care is one of the top issues on the minds of the people.
So with the Presidential election in November, the ACA and its future is in question if Trump is reelected. He has a petition before the Supreme Court at this very moment asking the court to kill the ACA. Yet, he and his party still has no health care plan after three and half years under Trump and the past 16 years of republicans in congress. The percentage of Americans who are without health insurance has increased in the meantime and Trump has acted to make it more difficult for people who want to sign up for the ACA. Trump and his party has failed on the issue of health care even when they controlled the Presidency and both houses of congress, and that goes back to the Bush 43 Presidency.
But democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has a plan for the future of the ACA. Improve the Act to make it better and change what is not working and add a public option to reduce cost and other actions that would make the Act progressive and answer the needs of the people. Biden does not believe debating a new health care plan would be the most productive way to go. Joe Biden is committed along with the democratic party to keep the ACA and service the health care needs of the American people. In fact the democratic controlled U.S.House recently passed legislation that would make improvements to the ACA. The bottom line for the future of health care tells us the democratic party has a plan to continue the future of health care while Trump and his party have only their rhetoric. And yes, understanding the past is still knowledge for a better future, otherwise, the future will be like the failed past.
Note: Medicare and the Affordable Care Act are democratic passed health care plans that were opposed by the republicans in congress. Those two plans have served the country and its people well for many years and are still viable to continue in the future if left in the hands of the democratic party. They have an established record on health care in the past, the present and the future. The republican record is zero, nada.
This commentary was written by Joe Lorio
