My father spent 35 years in the insurance industry at every level, from mail room to CEO. He views the ACA as an abominable mess not for what it supposedly wants to do, but because of the hack-handed way it goes about it. It's a mess, far more convoluted and overreaching than it needs to be.
There are basically three groups that the ACA is supposed to be helping.
1) those unable to afford the pre-ACA insurance market. This is what Medicaid is for. Expand eligibility based on regional averages so you're not comparing W.Va to NYC and DONE.
2) those who don't want insurance. Ok, let them do without. DONE.
3) those who can't get insured because of pre-existing conditions. New York has prohibited denying coverage on this basis for decades, and the market hasn't gone under. Extend that to the nation and DONE.
Simple. Clean. Based wholly in existing law and precedent. Recommended by a multiple-decade veteran of the insurance industry and a die-hard Republican.
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There are basically three groups that the ACA is supposed to be helping.
1) those unable to afford the pre-ACA insurance market. This is what Medicaid is for. Expand eligibility based on regional averages so you're not comparing W.Va to NYC and DONE.
2) those who don't want insurance. Ok, let them do without. DONE.
3) those who can't get insured because of pre-existing conditions. New York has prohibited denying coverage on this basis for decades, and the market hasn't gone under. Extend that to the nation and DONE.
Simple. Clean. Based wholly in existing law and precedent. Recommended by a multiple-decade veteran of the insurance industry and a die-hard Republican.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.