03-31-2017, 04:34 PM
Here is a thought. Rightwingers continuously argue that Obamacare is collapsing (and they are actively engaging in producing that outcome).
While it's not collapsing or going to collaps anytime soon (per the CBO), it's indeed a fact that some of the the exchanges face some trouble, with rising premiums and insurers leaving.
The funny thing is, these exchanges are the rightwing part of Obamacare, they come out of the Heritage Foundation and Romneycare in Massachusetts.
The 'leftwing' part of Obamacare, expanding Medicaid and allowing children under 26 to be covered on their parents insurance, and not allowing insurers to discriminate on the basis of pre-existing conditions, works fine (apart from those states, invariably Republican governed, where they didn't expand Medicaid, needless to say).
While it's not collapsing or going to collaps anytime soon (per the CBO), it's indeed a fact that some of the the exchanges face some trouble, with rising premiums and insurers leaving.
The funny thing is, these exchanges are the rightwing part of Obamacare, they come out of the Heritage Foundation and Romneycare in Massachusetts.
The 'leftwing' part of Obamacare, expanding Medicaid and allowing children under 26 to be covered on their parents insurance, and not allowing insurers to discriminate on the basis of pre-existing conditions, works fine (apart from those states, invariably Republican governed, where they didn't expand Medicaid, needless to say).