Pros And Cons Of Healthcare Vs Lomacare

The debate on September 25th was between Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham versus Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar. The debate was discussing a bill proposed by Senators Cassidy and Graham to reform The Affordable Care Act. The bill proposes stripping down the current system and providing each individual state more control over health care by allowing them to abandon pre-existing conditions coverage, opt-out of “essential health benefits” requirements and, overall, the bill proposed to cut Medicaid funding over time. Senator Graham proposed spending the trillion dollars shaved off the Medicaid plan funding to “defending our nation” basically spending a trillion more dollars on our military which already

receives an obscene amount of money.
Later on, in the debate an audience member asked the question “Why aren’t more senators trying to find a middle ground on health care?” This question really takes the debate to a new level Senator Sanders and Klobuchar bring up taking on the pharmaceutical company to lower the cost of prescription drugs. The Republican Senators seem to ignore this idea however, and Senator Graham brings up the stock increases on private insurance companies since the creation of The Affordable Care Act. Yet, he did manage to make a statement that Sanders liked, “The biggest winner under Obamacare is insurance companies not patients.” This statement caused Sanders to push for Medicare to simplify the current system.
After watching the debate, I do not think that I can pick a clear cut “winner.” However, I do think that the Republican Senators will not have their bill passed.