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How do you feel about repealing the ACA?

This question is more for people who voted Trump. How do you feel about Congress moving to repeal the ACA without an alternative in place? If it was such a big issue and obamacare is so bad then the alternative would have been easy to put into place right?
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Niburu · 51-55, M
have you seen what the ACA premiums are going up to?
you'll be paying out of pocket for everything anyway
you might as well consider it catastrophic insurance
which you used to be able to buy for way less before the ACA was enacted
SW-User
So assume you repeal it. Expect insurance to come down? Or benefits to increase?
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
Have you bothered understand WHY?

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Niburu · 51-55, M
@BigAsset: the prices will hopefully stabilize, insurance companies should be able to offer plans with lower premiums for more basic insurance plans - not too many single men need birth control pill costs covered
SW-User
@Niburu: so it's an expectation that it would 'stabilize'. Nothing suggests it will. Lower premiums will entail far lower benefits, and incremental benefits is likely to cost a lot more. So the possibility you land up with an insurance with little benefits is very very likely.
Niburu · 51-55, M
@BigAsset: again, we need insurance plans with less unnecessary benefits, there has to be a give and take on what you need and don't need. There is no one size fits all when it comes insurance plans. With the current ACA plans you already get very little for a lot of money and the premiums are schedule to go up dramatically.
The ACA was designed to fall apart and leave us with the only option of going to a single payer system.
SW-User
@Niburu: that might well be. But there is no alternative plan on the table!!!