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There is a see-saw. The more insurance covers, the more it costs. So there will either be a healthcare cost "problem" (when insurance covers not enough, we are here) or a health insurance cost "problem" (this is what it was like prior to the ACA, everything was covered but many couldn't afford it).
Getting everyone on insurance got rid of the people that would go to the hospital without it an eventual die in it. The hospitals would have to eat the costs and pass that on to everyone else. ACA use to have a lot of stuff that all health insurance HAD TO cover, but the GOP has been slowly eating away at that list.
It's not actually true that the more insurance covers, the more it costs. A lot of preventative and early diagnosing care actually saves money in the long run. This is the kind of situation where details matter a lot.
But actually, that alone should not form the basis of policy, because sometimes it's better to spend money dealing with problems while they're still small problems, because the point is to make people's lives better, not to have the cheapest possible system. That all being said, the only way to fix the US system is to throw it all out the window.
What things do you think the GOP are targeting to get rid of off of ACA coverage?
We need a single-payer, universal healthcare system like they have in every other developed country. It's the only way to control cost and make sure that everyone is covered.