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Originally Posted by whell
Whatever, Finn. All I can tell you is that - certainly on this issue as well as others - I've been consistent since 2010 when this law passed. So far, the observations I've made on the ACA have been pretty accurate.
One of the observations that I made early on is that the "Affordable" Care Act had no provisions for addressing the rising cost of premiums, and that, in fact, the Act increased upward pressure on health premiums. This would cause carriers to exit the individual health insurance market and/or the exchanges.
Well, here's more evidence of that exact scenario coming to pass.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/u...reas.html?_r=0
So, when I look in the mirror I see consistency.  |
And all of this has a great deal to do with Rubio undermining "risk corridor" provisions intended to alleviate the very issue you address.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/u...-care-act.html
In any event, the GOP has the House, Senate and White House, with help from their demonization of Obamacare (that they were busy undermining). Now, with a chance to fix or replace, they have shown that they actually have no idea what to do about it. It has gotten so bad for them that Trump has met twice recently with Ezekiel Emanuel (Obamacare's architect) to help figure out a fix. Yet, Trump ran on a promise to replace Obamacare with a terrific system that would provide better, cheaper care for everybody. How'd that work out?