In the wake of Republican appeals, many Americans are questioning the Affordable Care Act and what the future holds, according to The Hill.
Here are five key points:
1. Real Clear Politics' recent poll found 50.2 percent of Americans oppose the ACA, and only 42.5 percent support the ACA.
2. A stark proponent of the ACA, the Urban Institute hosted an event last month to discuss the next steps to strengthen the law. However, their suggestions were more of the same — more government spending, more government intervention and more government control.
3. Alternative plans focus on the patient and market-based reform. The alternative plans carry common themes including:
• Making health coverage affordable to consumers by eradicating regulatory and policy obstacles that stifle choice and competition
• Support personal ownership of healthcare by changing the tax treatment of healthcare
• Restoring Medicaid to a 'true' safety-net and offering a way out of poverty
• Changing Medicare to meet the program's demographic, fiscal and structural challenges
4. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-Wis.) plans to advance an alterative to the ACA in 2016, according to recent reports.
5. The Hill outlines certain policy parameters for any ACA alterative. Such parameters include:
- Cut spending.
- Organize healthcare reform in a practical and efficient manner.
- Make prices transparent to consumers.
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