I have a big question about the latest GOP alternative.
From your linked article: “Republicans argued that they had already made compromises; for instance, their latest measure would leave intact most parts of the health care law that have taken effect, including requiring insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions....”
The individual mandate was paired with that provision. If they continue to require coverage for pre-existing conditions but defer the individual mandate for a year, won’t people just not get insurance while they’re healthy, and sign up when they get the cancer diagnosis and need treatment running into the six figures?
And if that happens, won’t the insurance companies go bankrupt?
“And if that happens, won’t the insurance companies go bankrupt?”
That’s the plan. Obama has been driving up the costs for insurance companies, forcing them to raise premiums. And now he’ll begin to offer subsidized obamacare health insurance through the exchanges.
The private insurance companies won’t be able to compete with that and will go out of business.
The endgame is a full government takeover of healthcare. And then they will manage costs by withholding treatment through the panels (aka death panels).