As the semester is coming to a close I have started paying more attention to the news again. There has been a lot of breaking stories over the course of this last month that I did not get a chance to talk about. One of the biggest stories is also one of the most recent. I of course am talking about the recent healthcare bill that the house of representatives have passed. This bill is the second attempt at repealing some features from obamacare in order to make it more affordable. The problem however, is that in the process of doing this millions of americans are going to be left without any insurance. House republicans are trying to run healthcare ike a business, which I think is extremely unethical. In my opinion, I don’t believe any first world country should even have to consider universal healthcare for its citizens. The criticisms of this bill don’t end here though, another major change that many people are protesting is the change to leave pre existing condition coverage up to the states. The people who requiree health care the most are the one’s being left out of it (is the state has anything to say about it). This change comes a couple of weeks after president Trump promised to leave the pre existing conditions part of obamacare alone. Blatant lies like these need to be confronted, we cannot allow our elected officials to get away with lies to the public without any sort of explanation. The solution they came up for treating people with pre existing conditions was to create high risk pools. These money pools would be government funded and provide money for people with pre existing conditions. The problem however, is that the current funds that are provided do not even scratch the surface of what would be required. These issues need to be addressed before the bill passes the senate and becomes law. If it is not I hope that the american people will make their voices heard when the elections of 2018 arrive. So there you have it, the citizens of this country need to start holding their elected officials responsible, for too long that position has been plagued with corruption and with the interest of big companies first. President Trump also promised to “drain the swamp” and so far it does not seem like he's keeping this promise either considering that insurance companies will be given much more power again if this bill becomes law.
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