Re:Affordable Care
by analog31 on Friday January 13, 2017 @02:04PM
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The reason why ACA was passed in the first place, was that it didn't attack the insurance industry. ACA was about access, not cost. Maintaining the insurance industry will limit the possibility of reducing costs, but the industry is too powerful to simply give up without a fight.
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Right. The political power of the insurance companies ensured it was framed as "access to insurance" instead of access to health care itself. Health care is a general ledger category under "loss control".
Likewise, the ACA repeal efforts are disingenuously framed as "enhancing access to insurance".