Posted on 12/02/2016 11:50:08 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
Complicated transitions
I don’t like the sound of this, but I’m somewhat hopeful the worst possible interpretation of it is not accurate. Plus, it does come from the Worst Web Site in the World (at least until Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei complete the task of outdoing themselves), so maybe it’s all made up:
Congressional Republicans are setting up their own, self-imposed deadline to make good on their vow to replace the Affordable Care Act. With buy-in from Donald Trump’s transition team, GOP leaders on both sides of the Capitol are coalescing around a plan to vote to repeal the law in early 2017 — but delay the effective date for that repeal for as long as three years.
They better not. Trump said first 100 days, and that is what we should demand.
Trump will tweet that we need to melt down Washington’s phone lines to get them to do what he says and we will, and they will.
Give it a one year sunset. Those on an Obamacare plan by January 20, 2017, get to keep their plan, with the approved subsidies. Those not on a plan don’t get fined but don’t get to sign up late. Starting January 1, 2018, Obamacare is dead. By Election Day, 2018, Obamacare’s death will be old news even among its few beneficiaries.
They’ve had more than enough time already, and will no longer be able to hide behind obama and pelosi...
Three year sunset?!?!...so just in time for Dems to campaign on an immediate ObamaCare sunrise - on the way to single payer?
Republicans are not worth spit.
How many unions and companies still have waivers for implementing commie care?
Yep. These Republicans are worthless SOB’s.
It took insurers 3 years and MILLIONS of $$$ to prepare for zerocare. Anyone who thinks it's going away overnight hasn't a clue.
Abolish it over night? Great! That is the BEST way to swiftly introduce single payer, which is EXACTLY what they wanted from the get-go. Be careful what you wish for.
Zerocare will take AT LEAST 3 years to transition out of.
This is staring to sound like our British cousins talking about Brexit. The majority want a
‘Hard’ Brexit ; a severe and expeditious ending, just as most here want a Hard Break from ObamaCare.
They can return to what they did before the atrocity.
It's an inherently unsolvable problem when everyone is covered for everything. People overuse insured options, and don't take accountability for their own health care.
Almost right.
Kill it 21 Jan. Have the bill on Trump’s desk to kill it.
But there DOES have to be a grandfathering period for those on it, and even those about to be on it (reaching an age where they need coverage outside parents), because the GOP replacement isn’t ready.
Three years sounds like a lot. But really that number isn’t absolute. It depends on when the replacement is created. I’d guess the way to deal with it is two tiered. The replacement becomes the vehicle new enrollees choose, and present enrollees wait until their plan expires.
Off the top of my head I would guess the GOP replacement gets its vote late in 2017. So healthcare.gov continues to operate probably about 2 yrs past that date and then dies. This would be less than 3 yrs, but not a lot less.
Not over night, they can't. That would, as previously stated, be the most efficient way to immediately implement single payer. They didn't start this garbage overnight. They can't end it overnight, either.
It's common sense.
Speaking of waivers, I believe the law gives wide powers to the President to issue waivers, which Obama did for his union and corporate donor buddies.
There’s no application for exemption, they are just given at the discretion of the president. So Trump could in theory just exempt everyone from Obamacare and that would be the end of it.
No sir. That will not meet the promise. . 100 days!! MAX!!
Repealing it means the feds no longer enforce provisions.
Insurers can still operate as if it exists, if they want.
They just won’t get fed reimbursements, which are late anyway.
They can cancel any policy they don’t want based on history or actuarial calculations based on the new environment.
So I can see implementation taking awhile, but not exiting.
Do you have a specific example?
Read the article. They are planning to enact the repeal early in 2017.
The sunset clause determines how long people will have to transition to new policies.
Open enrollment is in progress right now, and you must enroll by December 15 to start/continue coverage on January 1, 2017.
There's no point in upending that. And, if you have insurance through your company, major changes wait until the next plan year.
However, I think that 3 years is a too long, unless all they want is to offer someone the option to continue a current policy from the exchange.
We should have plenty of time for any changes to be implemented before the next open enrollment, unless Democrats try to obstruct the process.
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