... To which they’d say, without healthy people in the plans, the premiums will go not just through the roof, but through the stratosphere. That’s why the insurance industry wrote the ACA to include the mandate. It made them billions and, they’ll say, kept the premiums lower than if there was no mandate.
Our President needs to include them in negotiations. There needs to be tort reform to bring premiums back to where they were for years. If we don’t repeal Obamacare the insurance industry goes bankrupt. If the really sick people are taken out of the pool, it would be easier to pay that directly and eliminate tax credits or tax refunds.