A parade of healthcare experts from doctors and policymakers to insurance industry executives and Washington lobbyists are telling the nation’s health journalists this weekend that they don’t believe Republican presidential candidates will make good on promises to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Attendees at the Association of Health Care Journalists annual conference in Cleveland are hearing testimony saying the law, now six years old, has bipartisan support in Congress for several key aspects, including value-based initiatives and the effort to move away from fee-for-service medicine. There’s little, if any, serious discussion among healthcare experts about the “repeal Obamacare” mantra that continues to be floated by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz or reality show host and businessman Donald Trump.
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