For once the Washington Post got something right.
Sure the Washington Com-Post got it “right”.
But it is not as if they did not KNOW, a long time ago, that the avalanche, once started, is now impossible to stop.
The logical response by the American people would be to refuse to take ANY overage that did not their personal needs. But it is no longer possible to tailor coverage to direct and perceived needs, the bundle of mandates and “minimum requirements” must be included in EVERY policy, or that policy cannot be offered to anybody.
The insurance companies have made changes to comply with the law, and they cannot reverse course now. First, they are not prone to break the law as it presently stands, and secondly, just the sheer magnitude of recreating all the old policies, legal or not, is a study in bureaucratic inertia and clashing priorities.
There is no “fix” for the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010”. Repeal is the only logical and fiscally sound course to follow.
But logic and fiscally sound policy have long since left the room.