The reason for the high cost of insurance is fraud, price fixing and monopolies in every part of the health care "industry" from insurers to pharmaceutical companies to hospitals themselves.. almost nobody understands this..
He only wants to touch ACA because he has issues with Obama. Trump don’t care about anybody but Trump. You heard about that lady he blocked on Twitter? She was only explaining to him that without Obamacare, should could die of cancer. The Republicans keep talking about how bad Obamacare is. But I’m willing to bet that non of them need Obamacare to survive. You hear a lot of them begging to leave Obamacare alone.
Who exactly are these people that don’t like Obamacare, who actually has Obamacare?
He did that because if he actually did his job it [i]wouldn't[/i] implode. And we chronically ill folks are the ones who have to deal with the fallout now.
@TotalMiss are you really that heartless? I’m sorry, but I just said I know people that have Obamacare who needs it to survive and that is your response? Wow! That says a lot.
@SimplyTracie Republican presidents have a tendency to do very dumb things. My friend and I went from hardcore conservatives to Progressives just by researching history. I tell you, history proves right wingers wrong more often than left wingers.
@SimplyTracie I am not holding you accountable at any level. Exposure lets trump's actions be responded to more quickly. Common sense needs to prevail!
@TotalMiss [quote]Well, I still like to chime in to call you dumb.[/quote]
Proving that you're a vulgar person, who can't conduct an intelligent conversation, so she resorts to juvenile, empty insults. Yes, do chime in, anytime you feel like it.
I don’t understand how he can do this. For the same exact reason he quoted for the Dreamer act, he has no authority. Obamacare is a law passed by Congress. He has no authority under the constitution to invalidate any law in part or it’s entirety. Just like Obama couldn’t override immigration law. The key difference is that Obama extended the waiting period where Trump is flat out invalidating the subsidy part of the law. And if he can do that, why not invalidate the universal mandate tax? He only had time for one signature before golf?
@Livingwell [quote]The insurance companies were raising rates 15-20% annually long before Obama.[/quote]
Yes, and even far, far more, when it comes to collective plans, where one person or more, got hit with a serious illness. I was in one, and the insurance company jacked up the rate by 900% after one person got cancer. Not to mention sky high rates to cover existing conditions.
It get a bit murky when it comes to subsidies, because it's not clear Congress approved everything. Our state (WA) is suing, and Bon Ferguson, our AG, thinks he's got a shot at it (just finished listening to his interview on NPR a few minutes ago).
I just read an article on research done by the Pew research group... A woman whose son's life was saved by Obamacare voted Trump and will again ... Go figure!
