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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (72945)	5/23/2018 8:02:52 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 356541

Easily. I still can’t believe they passed this turkey.

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (72945)	5/23/2018 8:33:38 PM
From: John Koligman	2 Recommendations Recommended By bentway Ivan Inkling Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356541

I've been on it since it's inception and have a very different view. The plan you side had in mind last year would have made things worse for those on it that are older and sick. Good thing it failed, it deserved to. Chump owns the problem now, and the overt steps he has taken so far have resulted in the premium hikes we have seen to a large extent last year and this coming year. Good thing those on subsidies are protected, the more he tries to screw things up, the more the Federal government has to pay to insure them. Those not subsidized will I'm sure let Chump know what they think this fall...

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (72945)	5/23/2018 8:55:36 PM
From: Sam	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356541

Obamacare Stabilized Last Year. Then Trump Screwed Things Up. By Jordan Weissmann May 21, 20186:19 PM One of the big early problems with Obamacare was that insurance companies couldn’t make any money off of it. They charged premiums that were too low, enrolled patients that were sicker than expected, and ended up in the red. Facing these losses, some carriers pulled out of the market entirely, leaving many parts of the country with just a single insurer to choose from, and leading to questions about whether the whole law might unravel. But new data suggests that, in 2017, the market finally stabilized. For every dollar they collected in premiums last year, insurers paid out 82 cents on medical claims on average, according to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. That’s down from 96 cents in 2016 and $1.03 in 2015. “After several years, the remaining insurers figured out how to earn a profit in the individual insurance market,” Kaiser Senior Vice President Larry Levitt told me. continues at slate.com