So basically the “study” says nothing about what people actually paid then vs what they pay now, and it says nothing about the people who would have been excluded completely (thus effectively paying infinite dollars if they got sick) but it’s going to be the basis for a lot of blathering?
“Getting rid of the Essential Benefits and getting rid of the actuarial value requirements, allowing states to permit health status underwriting, brings us back to the good ole days of 2013 when coverage was so much cheaper,” Jost said. “Their hope is prices will go back down again if we can get rid of all these stupid Obamacare rules.”
Was this sarcasm on Jost’s part? If we get rid of all those stupid O’care rules, we get the same coverage mosaic mess we had prior to the PPACA. That’s no good, even if we get lower premiums.
We also need to continually point out that the Republican’s constant blather about shutting off the ACA has caused the price of ACA policies to go up, as the uncertainty about the future causes insurance companies to hedge their offers to avoid catastrophic losses if the ACA really is shut down. And, the ACA has a provision for the government to buffer the insurance company losses by paying additional funds to the insurance companies, and the government, under Trump, is not now paying those additional funds, further driving insurance companies out of that market. i.e. The government is feeding the ACA poison pills to speed up its death.
Ironic that they cause uncertainty in the markets they accuse Dems regulations of doing.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
Definitely sarcastic; he’s one of the good guys on health-care reform, and has long publicly defended the ACA against GOP talking points.
@hoppy, seconded bigly. Major newspapers (NYT, LAT, WaPo) and sites like Vox have done some great reporting on the GOP’s and Trump’s sabotage, and on the consequent uncertainty that the insurance companies themselves are saying will cause them to hike premiums or simply withdraw from certain markets; but it hasn’t been on teevee much beyond MSNBC’s prime-time. People need to know.
I thought it probably was sarcasm, but I couldn’t tell for sure. Thanks.