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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by refurb on Friday May 03, 2019 @09:44PM (#19823753)
I think we’re arguing different things.

Sure, costs went up less after ACA.

However, the ACA directly added costs to insurance that weren’t there previously.

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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by tptacek on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:05PM (#19823851)
I don't understand this argument. The ACA changed a bunch of things about the health care system. It reduced some costs and increased others. The point is to reduce the total cost (or, in this case, the total rate of increase in health care costs).
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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by refurb on Saturday May 04, 2019 @07:19PM (#19830002)
It reduced some costs

What were those?

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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by tptacek on Saturday May 04, 2019 @07:46PM (#19830141)
P4P, bundled care, reference pricing, the IPAB-based spending controls, reduced hospital readmissions, the premium rate review process.

Can you help me understand the argument you were trying to make above? I continue not to grok the point you were trying to make.

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