Cowardly Republican Lies

Republicans have chosen the act of lying without compunction about the serious topic of requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions.  With millions of voters completely baffled about what is the truth, lies like this can be accepted as fact.  Voters who have been loyal Republicans do not see what their party has become, a win at any cost tool of corporate America.

This is especially true of some of the people most likely hurt by insurers refusing to cover pre-existing conditions.  People just a few years from retirement with low paying blue collar jobs often have health issues start to creep into their lives.  Hypertension or Diabetes are common conditions and are manageable with access to proper health care.  They need to slow down and take care of themselves, but work in places that do not tolerate lower production despite the health of the worker.  Ideally they would move to a position requiring less physical exertion, but that type of position is often not available.

The option to find a different job might seem like an ideal solution, until they find out their new insurance company is refusing to cover their pre-existing condition.  What was once a manageable situation has now become life threatening. 

Yet so many Americans within this age and occupation demographic continue to support the Republican party.  The same Republican party that sides every single time with the insurance company over the insured.  When asked about their stance on the issue they quote the lies spread by these politicians with unquestioning certainty of their validity.

Donald Trump in particular has mastered the art of lying, incessantly accusing his critics of the very act he so often engages in.  It is one of the few things he is good at, beings that he is abysmally poor at governing.  Many other Republicans fake empathy to sell their lies, projecting fake concern at the well being of Americans while voting just the opposite.

The complete removal of the for profit health care system and replacement with Medicare For All would be the ideal way to fix things, but current leadership in Washington makes this unlikely in the short term.  People stand to be hurt right now by Republicans lies, and the current system needs to be fortified not torn down.  Until a permanent fix is implemented, the Affordable Care Act's protections for people with pre-existing conditions should be continued.  The Republican party's lies just represent their cowardice in admitting their unpopular goals of profiting from people's misfortune.