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To: Robert DeLong
They better not. Trump said first 100 days, and that is what we should demand.

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.

10 posted on 12/02/2016 11:59:33 AM PST by dware (I love waking up in a world with President-elect Trump!)
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To: dware

They can return to what they did before the atrocity.


12 posted on 12/02/2016 12:02:54 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: dware
How about "if you want your Obamacare you can keep your Obamacare"? Anyone who chooses an alternative (their own policy or no insurance) signs a waiver that the gov is not responsible for their insurance. Anyone who doesn't sign up when they're first required to, but then decides to? It shouldn't cover anything for the first three years or so, as a penalty period.

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.

13 posted on 12/02/2016 12:05:46 PM PST by grania
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To: dware

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.


14 posted on 12/02/2016 12:06:19 PM PST by Owen
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To: dware

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?


19 posted on 12/02/2016 12:09:27 PM PST by fruser1
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To: dware

If they kill the subsidies and the mandate it will die on the vine. Easy peasy.


40 posted on 12/02/2016 12:50:30 PM PST by sheana
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