repeal of affordable care act

to this developing story, now president-elect donald trump has promised to repeal and replace the affordable care act, a lot of people call it obamacare. this pledge has many wondering what will happen to those insured through it. ashley wedlen went looking for answers today and ashley you spoke with people on all sides, democrats and republicans, and health care officials. what do they say? well at this point, no one knows what’s going to happen. if it is repealed, the thing on many people’s minds is what will replace it? and if it is revised, what will the revisions be? mel hind is a nurse practitioner at highland family medicine and says she worries about what will happen with her patient population if president-elect donald trump repeals the affordable care act in 2017, something many people depend on for health care. here at highland family medicine: “we have 20,000 patients throughout the region and at least close to half of them are here on medicaid and the others are mostly commercially insured or they have no insurance.” hind says she’s hopeful that if it is repealed, pieces of the aca will stay intact. like she says, the provision that a health plan cannot deny coverage to patients because of a pre-existing condition.

"i’m hoping that some of the factors like including children who are on their parents plan up to age 26 will remain." congresswoman louise slaughter told us she doesn’t believe that’s possible: “this bill is put together like a brick wall. i mean you start pulling out bricks and if you try to leave four or five, it’s going to collapse.” congresswoman slaughter has been outspoken about how alarmed she is if the affordable care act is repealed, saying the uninsured rate in new york has fallen 40% since the law was enacted: and if they can’t just save part of it, they were going to go ahead and cover pre-existing conditions. you can’t pull bricks out of a brick wall and expect it to stand. but at this point it’s not clear what we can expect as far as changes go. we reached out to republican congressman tom reed, who has voted to repeal obamacare in the past. in a statement today he told us: “we care about ensuring access to quality, affordable healthcare close to home. . it’s only right that we come together and listen to all sides of this issue to ensure we develop real solutions to achieve this goal. we will repeal the affordable care act.

we are fighting to make sure our policy package allows kids to stay on their parents’ health insurance until age 26, covers pre-existing conditions and encourages and promotes responsible end-of-life care. congresswoman slaughter recently launched a campaign asking constituents who have benefited from the affordable care act to reach out to her. it should be noted that she brought the affordable care act to the floor of the house of representatives in 2009.