Republicans need to decide what their healthcare policy is
They need more than “Obamacare sucks”
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — 2010, to be precise — the Affordable Care Act became law. Known as Obamacare, it was sold by President Barack Obama and his administration as a miracle cure for the ailing healthcare system, promising affordability, access, and a new golden age of healthcare.
Instead, what was delivered looked less like a cure and more like a bureaucratic hostage situation covered in biohazardous material. Obamacare took a system that was already straining under government meddling and wrapped it with enough federal red tape to make the European Union twitch. Not to mention the barrage of absolute lies.
“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,” was perhaps the most infamous of all, named as Lie of the Year by Poltifact in 2013. Then there were the promises that people could keep their plans, after which millions lost their coverage; that premiums would fall by thousands of dollars (they increased and continued to increase); and that people would have more access to care — when hundreds of thousands of providers opted out of Obamacare plans.
Read the rest of my latest column for Washington Examiner here.