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Some claim Paul Ryan is a skilled policy wonk. I say he is a wanker.
Sir: You’re infringing on the trademark of ANOTHER right-wing nutjob politician from Wisconsin, the State’s GOP Governor and flame-out pres. candidate.
You know, Scott K. “Wanker”. Please refrain. Confusion could result.
Ryan, by contrast, is known far and wide as the “Goggle-eyed Granny-starver”
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Shot their wad too early hunh?
The pictures must have been HD …–
Since the Chief Justice wrote the decision that said they were legal, how can these states be denied in court or by Trump?
I offer this correction only to honor the masterful Charles Pierce, who created, among other funny descriptors, “zombie-eyed granny starver” and “obvious anagram Reince Priebus.”
You weren’t far from the mark, as it is a third Wisconsinite whom Pierce described as “Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to run their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin.”
Sorry for being obtuse - but what is meant by “out of pocket costs”? Does that mean premiums, deductibles, both? The level of subsidies, or is that something else entirely?
Could the exchanges still function?
You are correct that out of pocket costs include deductibles, but in terms of ACA subsidies, the subsidies only reduce the premiums. Deductibles are 100% the outlay of the insured person.
No. Without subsidies, insurers would increase premium costs to customers that would be prohibitive for many millions, and they would be forced to drop insurance. The resulting domino effect would result in the ACA market collapsing as insurers would rapidly pull out of the market. Additionally, it is expected that ALL premiums and hospital costs would increase to cover the resulting emergency room visits by the newly uninsured.