Re:Affordable Care
by tzs on Friday January 13, 2017 @02:14PM
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> But the question is can we keep those parts and not keep the insurance mandate?
The state of Washington tried that in the '90s. Passed an ACA-like system. Republicans repealed the mandate, kept the preexisting conditions. Result: within a few years every single insurance company stopped selling individual health insurance in Washington.
The state of Washington tried that in the '90s. Passed an ACA-like system. Republicans repealed the mandate, kept the preexisting conditions. Result: within a few years every single insurance company stopped selling individual health insurance in Washington.
Seattle Times article from yesterday about this: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/dismantlin...
HN submission for discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13393537