Why does the feds need to be involved? Just block-grant the money, along with Medicare/Medicaid, to the states completely and let the states work out deals with private health insurers to insure those with pre-existing conditions.
Exactly, 35 states had high-risk pools before O-care, send some extra Medicaid money to the states and be done with it. We don’t need another level of Fed bureaucracy. The GOP gets a D- on the subject.
https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/health-plans/high-risk-pools