Obamacare in the GOP Campaign

            The government in the trouble it’s in especially financially our healthcare is a big mess. The government has come up with a plan on trying to make us Americans use and obey by their rules and regulations and how we see fit. This is completely outrageous! The media, e-mails and other things has been sent out to people explaining how crazy this healthcare bill that passed is. I can’t believe that this bill passed before anyone was able to read it. I believe to that if we Americans have to live by it then the congress should to. The whole idea of making laws and better ways of living is if it’s not good enough for congress then it shouldn’t be good enough for the rest of us. Why only exempt them?

            In my opinion politics aren’t what they used to be. Today there are so many things that people worry about all these different parties that you can be democrat, republican and liberal. Politics play a big part in today’s society with how they want to control everything and what they think they know best for the people of America. President Obama thinks that this healthcare bill is the break for a new era, but my personal opinion if you wouldn’t put your children on it then it’s not good enough for the people who trust in you as a president! Healthcare is a big deal with not only me but for everyone else. Medicaid and Medicare only help the elderly and the lower income families. So the insurance is what helps the others out and with rates going up, the deductibles sky rocketing, the limitation to use of it and it not being accepted everywhere.

            The Republican presidential candidates tell what they really think about this healthcare plan and how they would demolish this plan and put in a cheaper health care that will boost economic growth and develop more jobs for the people. The Republican Party view on this Obamacare is myth-making that may raise false hope for voters. Mitt Romney has been persistent about freeing the states from the law’s requirements with an executive order first day in office. Rick Perry‘s view is to lower health insurance premiums once the law is gone. Herman Cain views are to sign the repeal on March 23, 2013 if congress passes it. Signing the repeal the Republican Party thinks that it be able to grow the economy and jobs, and noting the overhaul’s myriad regulations and overselling the ability of one act of the legislative subtraction to lift all boats.

Mitt Romney states “One thing I’d do on Day One if I’m elected president is direct my secretary of health and human services to put an executive order granting a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states. It is bad law. It will not work. And I’ll get that done on Day One.”-Claim in Sept.7 debate, which he echoed in most other debates (Woodward, Zaldivar).

Rick Perry states “And I’ll promise you, on Day One, as the president of the United States, that executive order will be signed and Obamacare will be wiped out as much as it can be.”-Sept. 7 debate (Woodward, Zaldivar).

Herman Cain states “I’m going to un-pass it on my son’s birthday.” Nov. 2-forum with the GOP’s Congressional Health Care Caucus. (Woodward, Zaldivar).

Michelle Bachmann sates “With all due respect…issuing an executive order will not overturn this massive law.” Sept. 7 debate. (Woodward, Zaldivar).

Unfortunately out of all these statements Michelle Bachmann is correct and it’s not the first time she has proven her rivals on the matter.

            We think or at least I do, think that Presidents are like the king and queens in other countries which they kind of are, but they aren’t exactly able to change things as fast as they want to or say they are going to. That is what the house, legislature and speakers are there for to make everything as fair as possible and to have votes on the topic. A president cannot overturn a law with an executive order. Moreover, the health law lays out an onerous process for letting individual states off the hook from its requirements; that process cannot begin until 2017. (Woodward, Zaldivar). In order for a state to be granted a waiver it has to provide coverage that is at least comprehensive and affordable as under the federal law. The state has to insure a comparable number of its residents, and its plan must not add to the federal deficit by shifting costs to Washington. The state has to enact to its own health law setting up the system envisioned in its waiver request. (Woodward, Zaldivar).  Romney’s implies that all states would want to get out of the health care law. That’s doubtful proposition for Democratic-leaning states. Cain recognizes that for the law to be repealed. Congress must act, but presidents don’t set the congressional calendar and even if Republicans can secure a 60-vote majority that gives them control over the Senate. (Woodward, Zaldivar). This strategy to undermine the law by starving it of money and it’s only real if Republicans win congressional majorities as well as the presidency or at the very least a rash of improbable Democratic defections in Congress. (Woodward, Zaldivar). This Obamacare is not a single day project it’s a threat to Obama’s law and a political risk. Budgeting is a big deal and going beyond this matter is repeal in the law. This law extends coverage to uninsured citizens and legal immigrants to provide tax credits to help the middle-class households to buy a policy and by expanding Medicaid for low-income people; requiring all people to carry health insurance either through an employer, a government program or by individual purchase. It would set up health insurance markets in every state to make it easier for individuals and small business to buy coverage and is financed through tax increases and Medicare cuts.

            With all this said the healthcare bill really could make or break us and it’s not really giving us what is all in the bill. Are we still going to be able to be treated if we have cancer? Is the government going to have control on how we will be treated under circumstances that are serious? The government’s involvements in health insurance kind of keep me from wanting the bill to go any further. The Republicans I believe will help keep this from happening and it will be better for our country. The Democrats seem to control the whole situation and wants to run the show. It just shows you that with three nominees running for President wants to cancel and abolish this healthcare bill just shows that it isn’t really a good enough to serve the rest of us. Like I said earlier if the bill excludes the senate and congress people then it’s not good enough for us either. There are reasons behind why this is such a big deal with the American people nothing about it seems fair or right.

Works Cited

            Woodward, Calvin and Zaldivar, Ricardo. “The Myths of Obamacare in GOP Campaign.” 2011. <http:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45162703/ns/politics-decision_2012/>.