Because they can’t have their way.
One party of our sort of two party system of government wants to govern the United States of America according to their own ideology. Now ideology means according to the OED,
noun
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1 (plural ideologies) a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy:the ideology of republicanism
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the ideas and manner of thinking characteristic of a group, social class, or individual:a critique of bourgeois ideology
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archaic visionary speculation, especially of an unrealistic or idealistic nature.
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2 archaic the science of ideas; the study of their origin and nature.
Well, visionary speculation, especially of an unrealistic or idealistic nature pretty much defines the GOP’s practice. There is no proof that their ideas work but there is proof that the GOP’s ideology doesn’t work. Now the republican party is once again messing with my life.
When I became unemployed in December 2001, I used my savings to pay for my health insurance under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act or COBRA until those benefits wan out. Now I have been insured by Blue Cross Blue shield since I was born but when I applied for health insurance I was told that I would not be insured because of previously existing conditions. So I bought health insurance through the state of New Hampshire’s high risk pool. Until republican governor Craig Benson cut the funding to that agency, about the same time he cut off meals to senior citizens.
Now the grand old party wants nothing more than to eliminate the Affordable Care Act at any cost up to and including ruining the reputation of the United States. It’s funny how the pro-business political party likes to buy things but not pay for them. Right now the pro-business people have a whole bunch of employees working for nothing, people aren’t getting paid for their time but are being required to work. But then again maybe this is a republican’s idea of heaven?
For years insurance companies lobbied governments because they claimed the deck was stacked against them. The insurance companies successfully claimed in many cases that the only people that bought private health insurance were those people expecting to make a claim very soon. New Hampshire caved in and allowed health insurers to set group policy rates based on the health profile of a given company’s employees. What I’ve seen happen here in NH is the job pool shrank to people the ages of 18 to 35. After 35 years of age you’re too risky to insure. With the Affordable Care Act employers can shift health cost burdens onto their employees and with everyone or at least a higher percentage of everyone being insured the health insurance companies have a larger pool of people to spread their risk over. But maybe the health insurer’s don’t really want a fair game preferring instead to cherry pick the risk pool and only placing bets they can win. And they’ve got the money to get their way and that’s really what the republican’s want isn’t it? Other people’s money.
