What Coulda Been.

       Speaker of the House Paul Ryan states that "next year, with a Republican in the White House, Obamacare will be repealed." Good news for Republicans, but not such good news for more than 17 million people who now have healthcare because of the Affordable Care act. The odd part is that many of those who now are insured for the first time are Republicans.
       So the question is, what happens to all those folks when they get sick, and we all do, at some time during our lives? Well the answer you hear is that the Republicans in Congress will create a better, cheaper, more encompassing, easier to use option. Folks it's called snake oil. Or maybe it's called smoke and mirrors.
       What I'm trying to say is that if you just got healthcare over the last several years, you ain't gonna have any coverage at all if a Republican is elected President. Either that or they'll pretend to get rid of Obamacare, but keep the Affordable Care act.
       Look, we all know there needs to be changes and improvements made to the Affordable Care act. But instead of working to improve the health care program, the Republican Congress voted to repeal it over 50 times. 50 times! That's just plain nonsense. They've wasted their time and our money. What really needs to happen is to have a sit-down with doctors, hospitals, insurance companies and some Congressmen, and maybe even a few advocates for patients to resolve the problems, but if a Republican is elected, that won't happen. Smile, be happy.