The editorial I have found and chosen to write about is over the Trump Administration's decision on repealing Obamacare, hosted on USA Today's site. In this Article, the editorial board tries to make an argument that Republicans are wrong in trying to remove Obamacare assistance. In this review, the author(s) try to convince us that people should advocate for the repair of the Obamacare act rather than the repealing or avoidance of it.
While the idea of reviewing the act would seem fair, this news source has instead taken it to a bit of an extreme measure. Since there seems to be more than one author of this, I can't really make any SPECIFIC assumptions on their political viewpoint, but I can make a general one. From reasoning and possible solutions suggested by the writers, I can guess they are probably leaning more towards a leftist stance, and one could assume this individual(s) rely on Obamacare. While I feel like this article is also aimed more towards those with a currently standing leftist view, it is partially addressed to the right-wing as well.
There is a large amount of biased information present in the post I read- the article only outlined the positives of Obamacare, skipping over or barely acknowledging the negatives. The biggest evidence that the authors tried to present was how Obamacare only had a slight impact on insurance prices and on how our tax money is spent. Both claims can be discredited easily, as insurance companies are obviously raising rates, and the statistics on how much money is going to ACA assistance. Around 125 billion dollars were spent last year alone, and the amount of money spent in the next decade is estimated to reach over a trillion- all for a small population of the US. Yet, they still argue that people with more money or who are older should pay more, between taxes and rates. The author also states their support for policies such as tighter policies on late payments, enrollment, and subsidization, all of which could be seen as an attempt to make more Americans reliant.
While the author(s) STATE that they want Obamacare to be repaired, their argument comes off more as if they want more people to use it or to view it's policies as positive, rather than thinking of the affect it has economically or on the people themselves. I personally disagree with Obamacare's policy, since it only helps a minority of our population, all while hampering the majority's.
