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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (41347)	3/9/2017 12:35:49 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

How Many People Are Affected by Obamacare Premium Increases? (Hint, It’s Fewer Than You Think) nytimes.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (41347)	3/9/2017 1:17:09 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

Good synopsis, but I would say there is at least one [or two, depending how you count it] additional group(s) -- those who are politically motivated to support the old or new program regardless of whether they were affected at all. I believe many of the ACA supporters are in this category, and it stands to reason many opponents are, as well. I dread the sausage-making redux but I think it is something that has to happen. I may end up tuning it out this time around. Probably not lol.

To: Lane3 who wrote (41347)	3/10/2017 7:18:57 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Some were made better off and some became worse off. Give some examples of how they were made worse off and let's examine the extent to which this worsening is an acceptable trade off in exchange for 20M+ additional people, who had no insurance at all before ACA, now have it. And let's examine the degree to which the ACA would have insured even more people if republicans in Washington and at states would have cooperated rather than opposed the implementation of the law. And let's not forget the process of improving the law, which republicans have refused to do, despite the fact that many of the provisions of the law are now present in the "replacement" they have put forth. I think these are worth a little discussion, yes? Al