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In reply to the discussion: Is ACA serious about controlling insurance premiums? [View all]Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)22. It's a lot less silly if you're actually benefitting from those supports
And quite a few people will.
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I'm not sure people that believe this understand who sets reimbursement rates.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#8
It is pretty silly to put in place a set of structural supports for the existing system
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#13
You cannot prop up a wildly predatory system and increase both its footprint and longevity
TheKentuckian
Jul 2012
#25
it's pretty cruel to hope that people suffer more so that the system is changed later
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#34
There is no hoping for suffering, there is the removing of a driver of agony
TheKentuckian
Jul 2012
#37
"Congress is inevitably going to have to go back ..."? How's that NAFTA revision going?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#27
Competition in the area of public goods has never been other than a total disaster
eridani
Jun 2012
#4
First you'll see the health insurance industry drop to only three or four companies.
FarCenter
Jun 2012
#5
They are still somewhat able to single people out. Age discrimination is allowed with premiums.
Selatius
Jul 2012
#36
AFIK - If your family income (3) is more than $80K/yr, there are no ACA rating rules (caps)
leveymg
Jul 2012
#30
This is one of ACA's major flaws, and one of the things that will eventually lead us closer to
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#31