GOP withheld $2.5B for high risk pools from Obamacare coops, forcing premiums to rise before election

[ZiprHead]

suddenly find $25B after Donald win!

 

[LordKiran]

suddenly find $25B after Donald win!

You know the more I think about it, it's pretty fitting that Obama's 8 years should end with a wimper. As charismatic and diplomatic as he is, he is simply too limp-wristed to shut this kind of crap down.

 

[Trausti]

The OP is an example of why it's a good idea to research, even if just a little bit, before posting a minimalist thread with a sensationalist title.

Funnel the costliest patients to subsidized “high-risk pools.” Obamacare’s mandates are meant to drive broad participation in the insurance market, so the premiums paid by a broad number of relatively healthy subscribers essentially subsidize care for the sickest. Without the mandates, many healthy Americans won’t buy insurance, forcing insurance companies to either deny coverage to sick customers or hike premiums to unsustainable levels. The GOP plan would solve that problem by establishing state-based “high-risk pools” for the sickest and directing $25 billion in federal support to them over 10 years.

From June 2016.

 

[ZiprHead]

The GOP plan that was "repeal and replace"? And no replacement ever mentioned?

 

[ZiprHead]

The GOP plan that was "repeal and replace"? And no replacement ever mentioned?