Posted on 12/07/2016 3:18:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
Repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law without a replacement risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured, according to a study released Wednesday.
Separately, a professional group representing benefit advisers warned congressional leaders of the risk of “significant market disruption” that could cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance.
Republicans dismiss such dire scenarios, saying that they are working on replacement legislation for a President Donald Trump to sign. […]
The new study from the nonpartisan Urban Institute looks at a scenario where “repeal” goes through, but “replace” stalls. It predicts heavy collateral damage for people buying individual health insurance policies independent of government markets like HealthCare.gov. Though nonpartisan, the Urban Institute generally supports the goal of extending coverage to all Americans. Previously it has criticized some of the subsidies provided under Obama’s law as insufficient. …
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As opposed to 30 million broke from being coerced by law to pay very high premiums and deductibles.
They have NO idea what is ok a planned and therefore have no idea who would be insured or not.
That’s like saying NPR is non partisan.
#fakenews
Obamacare repeal plus allowing us to buy major medical coverage would be the best option of all - I’d call that free market plan “freedom”. I don’t need insurance to pay for routine medical expenses and more than I need car insurance to pay for my oil changes.
That is why the Republicans have a free market solution to replace it with.
Obamacare caused ME to lose my preferred catastrophic care health insurance. I cannot afford health insurance under Obamacare.
These jerks can go to effing HELL!
They were uninsured before obamanation-care, and they're uninsured after it's repealed. The fact that that ridiculous legislation was passed (through typical liberal skullduggery and RINO acquiescence) doesn't mean that now there's an obligation of the government to insure anyone. The obligation didn't exist BO (Before Obama) and it doesn't exist now.
How did they miss that. Oh, and where’s Gruber? That boy needs his ass kicked.
Per some reports there are some 20 million who are without healthcare coverage NOW, even with Obamacare being mandatory.
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It is irritating that the only way the Dems can defend the costs of plans is by saying that employers pay for insurance for their employees, meaning employees have to get their own coverage.
That used to be true, but many employers have dropped healthcare coverage as a benefit.
A “group representing benefit advisers”
Yeah. Believable.
as opposed to 300 million living with this piece of crap?
Ok does not belong.
There were quite a few problems with health insurance even before Obamacare. If we can solve them, we can be an example for the rest of the world which is stuck on single payer
Grbuer likes this because people die because of it.
Fake news...
30m more than the 27m still uninsured? Or does that include the 27m?
What happens when the replacement lowers insurance costs and people get on those plans? Oh... did we not think that far out?
Baloney, they keep changing the numbers. Only 20 million max ever signed up, less than half of what Obama bragged about.
I really doubt this. Almost all the expansion of “coverage” has come from the expansion of Medicaid, not private insurance.
AP = fake news.
Actually, it is the very definition of fake news.
How’s your climate change research doing, oh AP math flunk outs?
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