(August 24, 2017 at 6:55 pm)Court Jester Wrote: In time though. Until the medical system/industry it self is fixed, costs will continue to rise until all it can do is collapse.
http://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-b...ketplaces/
If it was so great, they wouldn't have to penalizes people for not doing it. All they have done is guarantee that hospitals and insurance companies get paid more without adjusting the cost of that $300 band aid that the hospital will charge you for.
As I understand it, the purpose of the penalty was to get as many folks into the pools as possible (an idea over which the US insurance companies wet their collective pants with delight).
If the ACA fails, it will be because Trump will make good on his threats to end the subsidy payments, not for any other reason. It other words, it isn't going to fail as much as it is going to be stomped to death by a petulant six-year old.
Boru
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