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Economy
ObamaCare Insurers Considering Dumping Bronze Plans
2016-05-06
Posted by:DarthVader

#9  Interstate Competition might actually help Solve The Problem.

That was never the goal of Obamacare. How can they get everyone to swallow single payor whole if they go and reduce cost?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-05-06 16:42  

#8  Pity they never tried Interstate Competition (oh, look, garlic and crosses)
Which significantly reduced the cost of every other type of insurance and delivered better products.
Posted by: Jort Wittlesbach4106   2016-05-06 16:27  

#7  40% of the U.S. Population isn't young and healthy.
I have found the crux of the biscuit, no?
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-06 15:49  

#6   Some young people still can manage basic math.

Consider as well the requirement for the insured to pay for aspects of healthcare that the insured cannot, or may never, use. Any other industry who 'padded' a product would be sued.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-05-06 15:18  

#5  However, currently only about 28% of ObamaCare customers are young and healthy enough to keep the system afloat.

Even with as F-cked up as our educational system is, Some young people still can manage basic math.

I guess there may be some hope after all.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-05-06 14:43  

#4  In order to achieve solvency, the ObamaCare exchanges require 40% of their customers to be young and healthy enough to pay large sums over time into the markets without taking out much in benefits. However, currently only about 28% of ObamaCare customers are young and healthy enough to keep the system afloat.

Revenue neutral, eh? Anybody ask Champ or Queen Nancy why this isn't working the way they said it would? I wouldn't believe it, but I'd like to see if they squirm when they lie.
Posted by: Bobby   2016-05-06 13:52  

#3  If insurers do drop their bronze plans, it would have the effect of further destabilizing the marketplace...That's because [young and healthy] enrollees, which tend to be lower-risk and want the cheapest plans, will likely leave the marketplace altogether, further depleting the exchanges' share of healthier enrollees.

Surprise?
Posted by: Pappy   2016-05-06 12:29  

#2  They sold the Iran deal with lies. They sold ACA with lies. We keep letting them. Though I suspect a driving force behind Trump's success is anger at being lied to (for that matter, Sanders' success as well.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-05-06 12:14  

#1  The lurching failures towards single payer continues.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-05-06 11:10  

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