As you prepare to leave most doctor appointments, there is some pre-emptive dsicussion for a plan B. “If you’re not feeling better in a day or two ….; if you develop a weird rash… if you have nausea…” It is frightening that there does not seem to be any plans for follow up care, second opinions or alternative treatment with the aborted attempt last week to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare. It appears that the president and congress basically said something to the effect of “Well, that didn’t work. Guess we are stuck with what we have. Good luck everyone.” GOP politicians have railed against Obamacare as a centerpiece of campaigns for the past seven years but then when it came time to chunk it they couldn’t decide what to replace it with –…show more content… It’s absolutely true that Obamacare needs serious adjustments and tinkering, but apparently the lawmakers in Washington didn’t realize that many people like the fact they got insurance for the first time through the ACA and they don’t want to change; not to mention the fact it was proving to be much less expensive than originally projected. The Affordable Care Act did start a change/reform in healthcare in this country but it was only a start, hopefully not set in stone. There are very real problems with the cost to many people who want insurance and the fact that some people don’t want to buy the insurance even in the face of fines and with other mandates. It’s no small problem that in some states the markets are failing after insurance companies pull out. To go back to the medical analogy earlier, it’s like a doctor saying, I tried my first treatment on the patient and it didn’t stop the bleeding. Doesn’t look like it will turn out well, but I’m
