Me on Fox News yesterday discussion ACA/Obamacare and President Obama's Leadership

[BlueStreak]

40. Very well done. If there were more discussions like that on Faux, I might even watch

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I applaud you for having the stones to do that, and for presenting a very solid set of arguments. The host even said he was in favor of making improvements to the ACA by the end of that segment. Of course, what you didn't say is that one of the most beneficial improvements would be to require Medicare to list a bronze plan in all the exchanges -- at their actual cost of providing that coverage. I would even be OK with having Medicare list their public option at 8% HIGHER than their actual cost, with the extra 8% going into the Medicare trust fund. That would give the insurance companies an opportunity for 8% profit margin, which is very good money in most industries. That would offer a MUCH better deal for everybody, including the Federal government (which would have smaller subsidies to pay) and those those folks over 400% of the poverty level you mentioned.

And maybe we only introduce that at first for people over 50 who are the ones struggling the most to get jobs. Or maybe we introduce it only in states where there is little real competition in the exchanges today. However we do it, that is the one thing that can have the biggest positive impact on the most Americans, while simultaneously reducing the Federal deficit.

Keep it up man. By about April, 2014, maybe these improvements will be openly discussed an Faux and all the other national networks. I think you are absolutely right to portray this as a program that is open to improvement. We welcome improvement. We won't have any discussions about delaying or de-funding it. But if somebody wants to make it work better, bring it on. The gauntlet is down now. Republicans need to come to the table with something besides "No".