Should they try another Obamacare repeal and replace? Maybe this time telling us who gets gov'mint subsidies and how much? What will it take to get the "Freedom Caucus" on board? Are they actually responsible legislators or do they just enjoy gumming things up? We never did hear just what they wanted that they were not getting.
Should they press on to a tax reform bill? And just what will get reformed? Lower top bracket rates? Lower all rates, close some loopholes? Simplify the 1040 so it doesn't take a week to fill out? Make health insurance payments deductible? Some thing else? Is there anything the Republicans can agree on?
How about a federal law to allow any insurance company, located in any state, to sell health insurance policies in every state, without requiring they file paperwork with the state regulators. Could they even get some Democrats on board with this one?
How about a law allowing duty free import of medicine from any reasonable first world country, e.g. Canada. Big Pharma hates the idea, but it would lower medicine prices, a lot.
How about a law limiting FDA medicine approval to a safety check only. Any medicine that doesn't harm patients gets approved. Let the doctors and the insurance companies decide if the medicine is effective. Insurance companies can refuse to pay for quack remedies, and doctors will refuse to prescribe them. We don't need years and years of FDA paperwork proving whether the medicine works or not.
How about a law declaring that manufacture, sale, or prescription of and FDA approved medicine is NEVER malpractice. The lawyers hate this, but it would do a small bit to reduce the malpractice problem.
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