And who is paying for the high risk pools? Is the individual mandated to pay at that point? What if the individaul refuses to participate in the high risk pool, as has happened already under Obamacare?
The bottom line is that there is nowhere to go here except back to the taxpayers.
That may, in the end, be a fact of life. But this is another example, in my view, of Gingrich shooting off his mouth, using a term with specific Lefty connotations and linking it to a principle on the right. without any qualification. Just “no mandate plus FREE STUFF!”
That is just a mess.
Well, you’re right, I don’t know who is paying for the high risk pools, but in my state, the auto accident high risk pools are paid for by subsidizing them off the funds taken in by companies from paying customers. Each insurance co is legislated to provide coverage for a certain number of high risk or poor end users. You’re right also that it is a mess.