>I could go through these one at a time:
1. Yes, the IRS penalty for not having health insurance will probably go.
That itself is the single biggest abomination in the “Affordable Care Act” (ACA). If the GOP eliminates that item — along with the employer mandate — then they’ve solved 95% of the problem right there.
2. But there will still be coverage for children up to the age of 26 ...
... which will be meaningless without the employer mandate.
3. ... there will still be mandatory coverage for preexisting conditions ...
Many pre-existing conditions should be covered, particularly if the patient has had continuous insurance coverage. If a person moves from one insurance plan to another and brings a pre-existing condition with him/her, then one of the insurance carriers should be covering the treatment for that condition. This is an item that can very easily be addressed in any legislation.
4. ... there will still be mandatory coverage for maternity expenses ...
I’m not sure I understand the issue here. Has there ever been a health insurance plan that did NOT cover maternity expenses?
5. ... there will still be some form of Medicaid expansion and there will still be subsidies for the poor.
These existed before the ACA, and they’ll exist afterwards. The key here is to turn Medicaid into such low-grade insurance coverage that only the truly destitute would want to deal with it. In fact, I can see a scenario where the Trump administration’s deportation of illegal aliens will go a long way toward fixing this problem in many states.
>
1). Does it remove the IRS as the keeper of digital records? Or will that simply shift to the illegal NSA side of things...what’s ONE more violation of the 4th??
2). 21 to drink, 18 to vote\tattoo, < 18 sex. Can we finally do away w/ these arbitrary limits? Talk about skewing the risk\pool for a 26 YO ‘dependent’.
3). You and I know damn well that’s not what they mean nor intend. Plus, that’s not what *insurance*, by definition, is for.
4). No. That’s the problem. Those that won’t\can’t don’t need to be paying....also, see #3
5). How ‘bout a return to charity care? Like any other welfare\injection of govt, it enslaves the masses. Enough w/ the forced acceptance by the ER\hospitals; let ‘em go after the dead-beats and chase off the splinter-taking-up-room abuse.
I have no idea how this would change in a GOP plan. If the IRS isn't requiring anyone to submit the tax forms for Obamacare anymore, then I'm not sure how the IRS would know anything about your medical records.
2). 21 to drink, 18 to vote\tattoo, < 18 sex. Can we finally do away w/ these arbitrary limits? Talk about skewing the risk\pool for a 26 YO ‘dependent’.
That's exactly what it is -- skewing the risk pool by flooding it with younger people who rarely have any medical claims. The whole point of that measure was to reduce insurance premiums for older adults.
3). You and I know damn well that’s not what they mean nor intend. Plus, that’s not what *insurance*, by definition, is for.
I have no idea what they mean or intend. Do you?
4). No. That’s the problem. Those that won’t\can’t don’t need to be paying....also, see #3
They don't pay now, from what others are posting here. So what's the big deal?
5). How ‘bout a return to charity care? Like any other welfare\injection of govt, it enslaves the masses. Enough w/ the forced acceptance by the ER\hospitals; let ‘em go after the dead-beats and chase off the splinter-taking-up-room abuse.
I agree with that 100%.