Republican
Eliminating the Affordable Care Act will result in tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents going without health insurance. We can not support this idea. Free market solutions have given us the expensive and confusing system we have. Major modifications need to occur. Republicans’ desire to eliminate a woman’s right to choose is not consistent with the United States Constitution and the rights of individuals to control their own health care decisions, nor is it consistent with the part of their own platform that states, “the federal government should not violate the doctor-patient relationship.”
President Trump wants to eliminate Obama Care
Trump administration and 18 Republican governors and attorneys general will file their opening briefs with the Supreme Court in California v. Texas—the health care repeal lawsuit. The lawsuit, criticized across the political spectrum as a “badly flawed” case, threatens to upend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and strip 23.3 million Americans of their health coverage, according to new CAP analysis—about 3 million (15 percent) more than was forecast before the coronavirus pandemic. The anti-ACA agitators who initiated the health care repeal lawsuit, backed by the Trump administration, continue their attempts to dismantle the ACA, including its coverage expansions and consumer protections, amid the pandemic, during which comprehensive health coverage has never been more important. Millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and job-based insurance due to the current economic crisis are relying on the insurance options made possible by the ACA to keep themselves and their families covered.
Democrat
Universal access to health care with a single payer system is consistent with PATH’s mission. Democrats correctly identify systems such as BadgerCare, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans Administration health care system as single-payer. Their belief in protecting the rights of individuals and support for medical research, including stem cell research, is important. Their platform does not explain how the single-payer system they support would be structured or financed.
Immediately after its passage, Congressional Republicans began trying again and again to repeal it. Following the lead of President Trump, Republicans in Congress have only doubled down on this approach since January 2017. And, since repeal through Congress has not been working, President Trump has been unilaterally doing everything he can to sabotage the Affordable Care Act. Now, the Trump Administration is trying to get the entire law – including protections for people with pre-existing conditions – struck down in court.
As president, Biden will protect the Affordable Care Act from these continued attacks. He opposes every effort to get rid of this historic law – including efforts by Republicans, and efforts by Democrats. Instead of starting from scratch and getting rid of private insurance, he has a plan to build on the Affordable Care Act by giving Americans more choice, reducing health care costs, and making our health care system less complex to navigate. https://joebiden.com/healthcare/#