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That's the point though, isn't it? nossy Send a noteboard - 08/03/2017 04:35:56 PM

It can only work as long as people pay in, and if the rates skyrocket to cover the old and sick, what happens when those people all go bust and cancel... or die? How is it sustainable once it's played out?

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Obama care repeal and replace Urza - 07/03/2017 12:33:18 AM 942 Views
The new House version looks fine..... Anonymous2000 - 07/03/2017 03:12:55 AM 697 Views
They do expand health saving accounts *NM* random thoughts - 07/03/2017 11:27:50 AM 334 Views
A few questions - I've been doing a lot of reading on it but it's a hugely complicated matter. Legolas - 07/03/2017 08:09:57 PM 711 Views
The "accross state lines" buzz is a farce. Do YOU want a PCP that is 800 miles away? *NM* HyogaRott - 07/03/2017 09:18:57 PM 371 Views
That isn't what it means at all. LiterateDog - 08/03/2017 03:21:27 AM 695 Views
But physician networks are local HyogaRott - 09/03/2017 04:25:33 PM 695 Views
Of course they are. LiterateDog - 09/03/2017 04:52:31 PM 598 Views
And your insurance premium would be WAY higher than it currently is with a native MA company. HyogaRott - 10/03/2017 02:21:21 PM 654 Views
The risk can be spread across networks, as it is today. Sareitha Sedai - 10/03/2017 02:33:38 PM 717 Views
It only looks that way from the outside. HyogaRott - 10/03/2017 04:24:25 PM 662 Views
We could have benefited from reviews by Romneycares victims before taking it national Joel - 14/03/2017 02:17:28 PM 839 Views
One breakdown nossy - 07/03/2017 10:25:12 AM 818 Views
My head is going to blow up from reading all this news nossy - 07/03/2017 09:16:22 PM 866 Views
From the little I understand... Legolas - 07/03/2017 10:13:01 PM 720 Views
They can make it work and will just rasie rates random thoughts - 08/03/2017 03:52:50 PM 648 Views
That's the point though, isn't it? nossy - 08/03/2017 04:35:56 PM 681 Views
but it was the young that made it work and they are already opting out random thoughts - 10/03/2017 02:56:50 PM 626 Views
it wasn't a bone HyogaRott - 10/03/2017 02:30:00 PM 759 Views
The problem withthat argument is it ignore human nature random thoughts - 10/03/2017 03:18:06 PM 714 Views
I'm not ignoring it, I am illustrating it. HyogaRott - 10/03/2017 04:39:45 PM 659 Views
When you cut cancer out of a body, you don't replace it with something else... HyogaRott - 07/03/2017 11:34:31 AM 782 Views
You know what I would propose? Tom - 08/03/2017 03:06:27 PM 722 Views
decoupling health insurance from employment eliminates an existing subsidy damookster - 08/03/2017 03:25:27 PM 651 Views
So what? Tom - 08/03/2017 03:53:29 PM 669 Views
I wasn't raising it as a show-stopper, because obviously it isn't one. damookster - 08/03/2017 04:17:47 PM 703 Views
As a self-employed individual, I have little sympathy for extending employer-based care Tom - 09/03/2017 03:41:59 AM 676 Views
And it has caused the wage level to stagnate since then. Sareitha Sedai - 10/03/2017 02:35:12 PM 682 Views
It is was of the many broken parts of our health care system random thoughts - 10/03/2017 03:20:19 PM 664 Views
Looks good to me random thoughts - 08/03/2017 03:58:48 PM 673 Views
This would solve a lot of the problems with cost and access. Sareitha Sedai - 08/03/2017 04:11:15 PM 724 Views
Interesting. Wasn't expecting that, though it looks good to me. *NM* Legolas - 08/03/2017 07:17:01 PM 299 Views
Some serious problems HyogaRott - 09/03/2017 04:49:35 PM 722 Views
How do we elect you Tom? This is really good stuff. *NM* Urza - 09/03/2017 05:25:56 PM 439 Views
Looks like Republicans have TWICE the votes they need to kill it (in either chamber) Joel - 14/03/2017 01:50:35 PM 1542 Views
As to healthcare itself, how are there no good options? Joel - 14/03/2017 01:59:17 PM 736 Views
I'm glad you asked... Urza - 14/03/2017 02:36:40 PM 774 Views
I have heard it said that "the perfect is the enemy of the good" Joel - 14/03/2017 03:03:34 PM 751 Views
the reason why Canadians with money seek treatment in the US is not bureaucracy damookster - 14/03/2017 04:00:09 PM 626 Views
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