Negotiations over a replacement for Obamacare have been proceeding at a fevered pace among Congressional Republicans. Members of the Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Group favor a simple repeal. They argue that repeal of the tax on the wealthy that helps pay for subsidizing coverage for the poor will improve the economy and the tax for not having insurance paid primarily by younger, healthier people will allow the money to be put to more productive use.
Further, they argue that the cuts to Medicaid and premium subsidies for the less wealthy will greatly reduce the number of people covered. While this may lead to longer lines in hospital emergency rooms, there will be considerable improvement to the U.S. economy in several ways. First, people who lack coverage may die or become sick and disabled for longer periods of time. This will inevitably lead to more employment opportunities for the young and healthy.
Also, people who are dead cannot collect Social Security. According to estimates by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this will slowly start bending the curve on sustaining current entitlements extending the life of Social Security and Medicare programs.
Also, young people with pre-existing conditions will be left uninsurable. This should lead to more deaths at a younger age and reduced chances of reproducing their obviously inferior genes. The long-term effect is projected to be improvement of the gene pool and therefore the health of the population at large.
The benefits do not stop there. Since this will lower the tax burden on the wealthy, they will be more likely to fund and engage in life-prolonging activity. Opportunities will be created in tastier healthy foods as well as pharmaceutical and nutritional supplements to prolong life and make it more enjoyable.
Funding is being considered for programs to help older men maintain healthy undamaged sperm cells. While likely to be expensive, these programs would enable those who can afford them to keep reproducing with their clearly superior genes beyond the age now considered safe.
