/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

This maniac is trying to make healthcare inaccessible to the average person by instituting budget cuts and overtaxing. That's the entire reason this government shutdown is happening. For Trump, what's good for BUSINESS is what's good - not you. But dumb fuck Republicans will keep gobbling the shit up hook line and sinker. Under the ACA, people could purchase insurance through the Marketplace or get it via government programs like Medicaid or Medicare, but employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) was still the dominant model. Trump's focus was mainly on market-driven solutions, which means private companies would have more control over your options, and for many Americans, this means relying on job-based insurance for coverage.

The problem with this is if you lose your job, you also lose your insurance—something that affects millions who are laid off or forced into part-time work. The ACA tried to alleviate this issue by creating the Marketplace, but Trump’s push to weaken or remove the ACA would have made it harder to buy insurance on your own.

Unlike proposals from some Democratic candidates for a public option or Medicare for All, which would provide government-backed insurance to people regardless of employment, Trump’s plan had no such universal coverage option. If you didn’t have a job, or if your job didn’t offer health insurance, you would be expected to pay out of pocket for private insurance or risk being uninsured.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created subsidies to make buying insurance on the Marketplace more affordable for low-income people, but Trump worked to eliminate or weaken these subsidies, making it harder for people without employer-sponsored plans to afford coverage.

Trump’s administration expanded the availability of short-term health plans—which are cheaper but provide less coverage—so people without full-time jobs or who are self-employed could use them as a stopgap. But the downside is that these plans are not required to cover essential health benefits like prescription drugs, mental health care, or maternity care, and they can exclude people with pre-existing conditions. This makes them riskier for vulnerable populations.

If someone lost their job or wanted to change jobs, they would have to go through a potentially costly and complex process of securing insurance either through the Marketplace, COBRA, or through some other means. Under the Trump administration’s push to weaken the ACA, subsidies and protections for people in between jobs would have been reduced, leading to a situation where health insurance becomes even more tied to employment.

Trump’s policies didn’t do much to address the issue of freelancers or people in the gig economy—who are typically not eligible for employer-sponsored health plans. Without a public option or improved access to private insurance, those people would be left to find coverage on their own—and without support from the government, that could be either very expensive or inaccessible for many.

Trump pushed for Medicaid to be turned into a block grant program, which would give states fixed amounts of money to cover Medicaid recipients, rather than allowing for unlimited funding. The problem is that block grants typically lead to cuts in services over time, meaning that people who don’t have a job and rely on Medicaid for coverage would find themselves with less comprehensive care or no access to healthcare at all, depending on how states decide to use the funds.

This shift would disproportionately affect those who are unemployed, part-time, or who work in gig economy jobs, where employer insurance isn’t typically available.

This bill, if passed, is gonna turn healthcare into a fucking monopoly.

Here's another problem: Trump is deporting all of our hard workers who provide us with food on the table. That includes Mexican, Central American and Chinese workers. That's gonna lead to what? FOOD SHORTAGES! It's all part of the elitist plan. Wall Street and China both control basically all farmland in the country. So not only does the government have a monopoly over your healthcare, but they also have a monopoly over your fucking FOOD!