The Freedom Caucus’s new health care demand: let insurers charge sick people more

Posted by $ nickursis 7 years, 2 months ago to Government
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So, it is sort of hard to figure out a good answer here. I don't want to have to pay for the cancer treatment of someone who smoked 2 packs a day for 40 years, or for some womans pregnancy issues. I think their real issue is Obamacare is just looting a bunch of people to pay for a few, and the Republican plan is "screw them, it's their issue" (and I lean more in that direction). The real problem is that they BOTH miss the mark. It apprars there needsto be some catastrophic program that kicks in at a certain level, and fund it off some current tax rate, with a consequent cut in spending to compensate. At least that way the issue is addressed (somewhat), the looting is sort ofg restricted, and people would still get the health care. You also have to factor in the wild costs and just willy nilly "it's expensive and goes up 20% a year" stories from the whole medical world, and require some proof of costs going up before you can raise your rates. But neither side is going to have something that either works, or is reasonable, both plans do some major screwing of someone...seems to be the new political standard....I would love to see Copngress actually have to go buy their own plans themselves and then I bet they would have a much better idea of fixing it...
SOURCE URL: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/31/15135868/freedom-caucus-aca-repeal-community-rating?yptr=yahoo


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