I am not seeing how these “you get to keep it” bills are going to work. Maybe I’m stupid. The law says new policies have to have XYZ features. Few bought those features because they did not need them, (eg; men with maternity coverage) or perhaps an economic decision was made. The law thus prohibits the ins companies from offering such “defeatured” products. The ins companies are just obeying the law.
Now we could have all manner of discussions as to how stupid the law is but there can’t be a bill that turns into a law that forces an entity to break the law.
But I’m shallow and superficial for not being able to see how this is supposed to work. There really is no law, it’s become an obsolete concept.
I am not seeing how these “you get to keep it” bills are going to work.
They are designed to “undermine” the ACA, not help it. The ACA will falter for lack of self funding because the mandates will not be enforceable.
Of course they are not going to work, and Congress has no authority to pass such a law anyway.
I suppose Congress could require continuation of those policies IF THEY STILL EXISTED, but they won't still exist. Congress could (illegally) nationalize the insurance companies, I suppose.
What Congress SHOULD do is the one thing that is within their actual Article I powers, which is to impeach and convict Obama, removing him from office.
All this other stuff is just BS.
You’re right, these bills won’t work, absent pulling out large chunks of the regulations set up by Obamacare. That is where the grandfathering issue was defined, BTW, not in the enabling legislation.
Then there is the risk pool collapse issue I spoke to above. Obama’s minions will see the immediately mathematical collapse of the exchanges if people with low premiums are allowed to keep their plans, so Obama will oppose allowing people to keep their plans.
Obama has now trapped himself. He’s played a very stupid game here, and now he gets to win stupid prizes.