Does Obamacare really have to be repealed?

I only know what I hear on the news about "Obamacare", the good and the bad
by partisans. Never has the media taken the time to offer a clear detailed review
of the impact, with the benefits and the shortcomings.

So the question should be raised, doesn't the public deserve to know truthful
information without the political and partisan tarnish which seems to be layered
on anything coming from Washington?

I also believe most people in our country are not even covered by Obamacare
although their current health costs and guidelines are affected by it.

Since we already have an operational government health care system, named the
"Affordable Care Act", do we really have to repeal it and replace with a new one?
Are the 2700 pages so bad that none of this legislation can be modified, amended
or salvaged?

It seems reasonable that some of the original legislation deserves to remain enacted,
not totally replaced. I refused to believe those who craft legislation cannot find a
"workable" bill that can be modified to address the problems without ending what
Obamacare provides.

As Congress is ready to vote on legislation, Republicans want to repeal Obamacare
to fulfill their campaign promise while Democrats refuse to even consider doing so
for it is their creation which is equally understandable.

This is where we are, at another political impasse, just we expect but never what we
want.

The Republicans were wrong by doing what the Democrats did eight years ago,
going it alone, without a single Republican vote, to pass the "Affordable Care Act".

Both parties were proud of how they behaved, indignant for failing to work together
which WE want but did not want to do.

Now its the Republicans who are "returning the favor", going it alone, knowing they
do not need a single Democrat vote to replace the ACA.

But, Republicans are in a quandary. Unlike the Democrats which will blindly do what
leadership tells them, Republicans are principled enough to refuse to play 'follow the
leader', meaning unless unified a replacement may never pass.

All this could have been avoided if Congress convene a special committee with an
equal number of Republicans and Democrats and go through the 2700 pages, amend
the sections that not achieving the objectives of affordable quality health care and
bring the new legislation up for a vote.

Going 'solo' now is not in the best interest of our country, creates hard feeling by those
who worked hard on the original legislation who are now ignored.

The Republican Party has the leadership, and leadership means leading the entire
Congress, not merely those who sit on one side of the aisle.

How this partisan divide




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