re: #10 francis

James, the more people that are on it contributing something the more successful ACA will be when the bugs are worked out. It is also a great mechanism for documenting the undocumented people and possibly help them with a path to citizenship, if they want it. The fact is they are a major cost to us and anything they contribute will help make the ACA successful.

Everyone can afford something even if it is only 10.00 dollars a month and the people have to pick up the rest.

6. The panel should consist of doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and the people that bill the medical cost out. 30% of the panel should be everyday Americans that use the health system. The GOP, Democrats and the President establish the laws, have the panel review it and pass it. No exceptions or excuses. So you are on the money.

I will give you an example of how the panel can help. I had four Blood test, the same type, for four different doctors, in the same week. This is a waste of money and the results were all the same. I finally put a stop to it and told the last doctor, this is it and that’s all you get.

The panel should be ongoing and rotated with different professionals. If there is an ongoing problem that surfaces then the panel should investigate and act on it.

I find little to argue with here, but Franics I think you would be better off if you wrote letters directly to the Republicans in control of the house explaining to them why they need to stop trying to defund /repeal the ACA without a thought for what it should be replaced with.

It is hard to imagine us being able to improve the ACA when it is so constantly under attack.

In effect until the GOP is willing to accept the ACA as the law of the land which can be improved but not repealed (at least not until they get elected to a vast majority in congress) or defended then there is little hope for any sort of council like you desire coming to be. At the moment the fate of Obamacare is to quote Lewis Caroll

“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place”.