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I can't figure out whether Suderman is really this naive. Does he truly believe that the GOP's inability to come up with a health plan reflects honest intellectual confusion, and that the party's "experts" are acting in good faith? 1/ nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opi…
Health care isn't that hard an issue. Every advanced country besides the US has universal coverage, so we know how to do it: either government insurance or a highly regulated private system with mandates and subsidies that bring everyone in. 2/
In other words, we already know what a conservative approach to covering America looks like -- basically, it looks like Obamacare. The reason the GOP won't accept that is that IT DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET HEALTHCARE 3/
Certainly the party doesn't want to pay the price -- the higher taxes and regulation needed to make coverage possible. But as resistance to Medicaid expansion shows, the party doesn't even want coverage expanded if someone else pays 4/
So everything you read about GOP plans needs to be seen in this light. The goal isn't to solve the problem; it is to look as if you're trying to solve it, while basically leaving the uninsured out in the cold. Pretending otherwise is just silly 5/
