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republicans - do you mean the us republicans, trump etc?

Essay plan:
Conservative party
US Republican Party
Healthcare
Public Healthcare

for the NHS as their political philosophy is low taxes
AO1:

“ Boris Johnson talks about the NHS being a Lifesaver” when talking about covid-19

Argues plans for NHS to regain more direct control
£5.4billion to help NHS tackle backlog of care

Support for existence of a public NHS
4.1billion needed by 2023/24 to address the cost of rising demand and match NHS pay increases
They will not borrow or raise taxes to provide more funding

Private healthcare

Affordable care act - Obamacare taxes
Get your own health insurance

AO1:
US Supreme court rejected a Trump-backed challenge by Republican-led states
to uphold Obamacare
Court upheld the law by a 7-1 majority
3rd time since 2010, that the Affordable Care Act survived a challenge

Taxes - Both believe in low taxes - to an extent
Recently raising taxes

AO1:
Furlough scheme during Covid
1.25% Recent rise in National Insurance to pay for social care - to reform social care

Fiscal policies - a government adjusts its spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy
A01:

Trump - 2017 - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - reduced the top corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%

Values

AO1:
Boris Johnson says “gay consersation therapu” has “no place in a civilised society” - practice is “absolutely abhorrent” and “has no place in this country”

AO1:
More accepted - gay people willing to vote for Trump
“A staunch supported of gay people and their rights”

2021 - Historic LGBTQ rights bill passes - legislation to ban discimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Victory to LGBTQ community
Exposing rift in the GOP

Does make a distinction when it comes to religious groups