No cause for alarm.
The congress even a republican controlled congress will ever turn medicaid entirely over to the states.
Even the meanest republican would never allow that if he/she thought such a bill could actually pass.
Under that scenario you would have state after state going bankrupt.
Remember, this current bill also demands and forces the state(s) to cover all of their preexisting condition folks.
Not only to run their own state medicaid system, but also somehow someway devise a system to cover all those folks already sick.
This is financially impossible for any state and especially the southern states.
In order to avoid such a disaster, states one after another would be forced into bankruptcy hoping to opt-out.
Opt-out that is of unavoidable financial catastrophe.
We then would enter into the debate of whether or not a state "could legally" opt-out with using bankruptcy in order to avoid the law.
A load of financial burden transferred from the federal government down to the states has taken place in the past.
Transferring over the massive costs for providing medicaid onto the states AND also insisting that state somehow someway cover all their people with preexisting conditions is absurd. Absurd even for a republican controlled congress.
This bill will surely come up for a vote but only to satisfy glorious leader Donald Trump, and a lot of republicans in congress will play their little game by voting/supporting this bill only if that congressional member is personally convinced the bill can not and will not become law.
As long as they know a John McCain or Rand Paul will keep the bill from becoming law, a lot of republicans will feel safe enough to vote yes. "They" will simply allow the McCain's and Paul's of their party to take the fall while "they" step in line to do the biddings of the great fat orange one.
To remain in Trump's favor.
If this bill were to become law, we would witness a mass exodus of states to the bankruptcy courts.
State after state.
All hoping to seek a loophole, a pass out of compliance with the new law.
That law, state ran medicaid and undoubtedly followed by state ran medicare, would assure state bankruptcy coast to coast.
And Donald Trump?
He doesn't give a damn, Why the "F" should he care about your healthcare or your life?
He's just your average everyday con-artist, not some saint.
He has his, so screw everyone else.
And by the way, do I have a deal for you and my red hats?
No need to panic. This law will never happen.
Sometimes I wonder if the republican plan is to screw themselves into a loss come 2020 so that a Bernie Sanders can step up to give us Universal Healthcare?
I think they are so fed up with healthcare and the uncontrollable outrageous costs of any ""for profit"" healthcare system that they are willing to allow some government ran system.
Something like medicare for all?
Nothing else has worked.
They insist Obamacare is a complete failure, and everything they come up with from their side is even worse, so maybe for them Universal Healthcare is the only option left?
Their problem.... how do we do this without looking like we're doing this?
How about running the current system into the ground and killing it off entirely, THEN enter Bernie Sanders stage left...
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