It is bold and timely. The number of people in need of reduced costs medications is clearly illustrated with Bernie's trip to Canada. The national health care of Canada does not exploit people for profit. The profit of the current health care system is the problem. CEOs have reduced the American health care as far as they can and now they are simply exploiting the cost of everything in order to increase profits and make shareholders happy. Those CEO and Executive Bonuses are driving the cost of health care. That is not what is supposed to drive the cost of health care.
Everything in the USA health care ECONOMY is costly. Wall Street believes playing roulette with prescriptions using "Good Rx" is the solution. It is to some extent, but, there is no continuity of care from a trusted pharmacist in that scheme. I know the "Good Rx" option is valued by many Americans, but, it sacrifices the quality of care in searching for medications with coupons in a local pharmacy that makes it affordable.
No current plan by any candidate is going to maintain it's current definition after it makes it to the legislature. There is no option in thinking the status quo is good enough for now. It is not. And NOW should be as expensive as it gets and it needs to get better from here. Health care has a high priority in this upcoming election. It was a high priority in 2018. The legislation has been written and passed in the US House of Representatives. It is "Moscow" Mitch McConnell that is the problem in providing a Senate vote on those bills waiting for Senate passage.
Remember that in 2020. There is a roadblock in the US Senate and if that doesn't change in 2020 there is no moving forward.
When this legislative session ends with the inauguration of the next set of US House Representatives and Senators the current legislation not signed into law will expire and the process starts over.
I wouldn't be afraid of any proposal any of the Democratic candidates are putting forward. They all hold the American people in high esteem and value the Middle Class and the quality of life that has to be returned to them. When the legislative sessions of January 2021 begin there will be plenty of ideas to come forward to make health care better, including those Senators that will not be newly elected. I am looking forward to a better President that actually cares about the people and not the power of the Executive Branch.
The country is in better hands with the Democratic candidates by pure understanding of the misguided obstruction of the majority USA Republican Senate.
Let's get over the apprehension and get some good laws passed in 2021.
