Healthcare once again rears its ugly head now that the CBO has scored the GOP's ACA replacement and predicts that the rolls of the uninsured would increase which would lower the Federal government's costs.
Sadly, the Republicans that sponsored the bill seek to shift costs, not lower them just like the Democrats and President Obama did years before. With the ACA, it just happened that individuals and families like mine carried the burden in costs (please see prior posts). This time it will be the poor and the states. Yet, we all carry the costs in one form or another. I guess we all have to share in this misery before real reform takes place.
Interestingly, my first letter to the editors of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) written approximately six years ago referenced healthcare costs, which is as follows:
I agree with Dr. Donald Berwick in his op-ed article entitled, The Right Way to Reform Medicare, that we need to reduce our healthcare costs. He realizes that improving quality while reducing costs benefits consumers, but he woefully fails to see, understand and acknowledge, which is typical of most bureaucrats, that unfettered competition in a capitalistic economic system is the genesis of these consumer benefits, not more government regulation.
Upon reflection, I think what I wrote hits the nail on the head.
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