Following the mid-term election results that took place on Tuesday November, 2nd the Republican's victory caused a lot of stir about which direction the state will now go in. According the The Monkey Cage the two main things they will be focusing on is keeping Obama from getting elected for a second term and repealing the healthcare reform that he has started to put into motion. This to me seems like a step backwards. How can our country makes strides if changes can be repealed as soon as a different party takes control? Also something interesting about this article was that it showed that just because Republicans generally are more against health care reform that does not mean repealing it is going to be a winning issue for them. Rather it seems that the majority of the republican population supports bits and pieces of the bill and would be unhappy with repealing it in its entirety but want parts of it to be taken out. A large majority support the parts of the bill that includes providing more financial support for people to purchase health insurance, keeping the increased Medicare payroll tax, and keeping the coverage for pre-existing conditions (thanks Republicans I appreciate the support :) ), the only thing that the majority of them want is for the mandate to purchase health care to be taken out.
This won't be a simple issue for the Republicans in office to put into action however, because obviously insurance companies are a fan of the mandate so if the Republicans only fight to take out the health care mandate they will be making an enemy of insurance companies. The leaders are going to have to walk a tight rope when choosing what action they want to take against health care. Either decision is going to upset some people. What do you think should be done?
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