Whitman Letson
March 15, 2017


   

Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, is in the news this week for Trumps new Healthcare bill. On Wednesday he was on a video call with Jake Tapper and was asked the question “If the new healthcare bill vote was tonight do you think it would be passed?” Paul Ryan’s response was a long detailed why the bill is good but he didn’t answer the question. Ryan said that he works with the Whitehouse every day and the only reason this new bill exists is because of the work the white house and House of Representatives have done together. Paul Ryan said that “The new bill would not force people buy healthcare unlike, and would be a lot a better than Obamacare.” This new bill would also cause 24 million to loose coverage.

              Why would Paul Ryan not back up his own plan that he has helped create? Does he not believe the bill will be successful or is he just being realistic and not overly confident on his viewpoints in a very sensitive area of the politics, regarding healthcare.  What I don’t understand is the House and Congress are controlled by republicans and so is the white house, so shouldn’t this bill be easy to pass through Congress. The bill also has many flaws pointed about by major news networks. Seems to me they need some more time to create a better version, because this version defies the rules of insurance, for insurance to work everyone has to pay in to receive converge or else there won’t be enough money to go around to help cover people. This plan doesn’t seem to be on track to be a successful bill.

              This relates to our AP Gov class by dealing with Campaign Promises, and the involvement of the media. Media can blow up in people’s faces as seen here by speaker Paul Ryan being all over cnn for not saying the bill would pass if the vote was tonight. Trump is following up on his campaign promise by creating a new healthcare plan, and as he said in the election “His bill will be a lot better than Obama care.” Trump hasn’t followed up with exactly what he said in his campaigns, but I’m glad to see he is making an effort this time to keep his campaign promise. Keeping campaign promises restores a little confidence in the public which is good for the Country.