subject: the new Congress might repeal health care reform [print this page] the new Congress might repeal health care reform
Many conservatives running for Congress, including many who won, say they want to revisit health care reform repeal or tweak or defund or something. Easy To Insure ME has the answers
Americans do remain split on the legislation overall CNN said exit polls showed half want it repealed and the other half want it expanded or maintained.
Though, advocates point out that many of the individual elements remain popular, such as keeping kids up to 26 on their parent's health insurance, closing the Medicare prescription benefit "donut hole," banning insurers from bumping those who get sick out of coverage and not covering kids with pre-existing conditions.
It seems the part many have a problem with is the mandatory coverage for everyone, mainly because of the costs. Though, the advocates say putting so many more people in the system spreads the risk and makes the other provisions possible.
Those advocates, including Health Care for America Now, said they believe the election hinged more on the economy than health care. The group points to a CNN poll that found only 19 percent of voters named health care as their top concern, second, and well behind, the 61 percent who said it was the economy that was most important.
The group also pointed to Politico's assessment that 22 of the 34 Democrats who voted against the health care legislation still lost, as well as three of five senators. Certainly, few even mentioned the legislation on the campaign trail, and many of those who did were running away from it.
For sure, not all lawmakers are anti-health care reform. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who won reelection to his post, says he doesn't want the legislation dismantled. And Maryland officials, led by Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, have embraced health care reform.
