And it could lead to a repeal of Obamacare.
That doesnt seem like a very good option for Dems anymore than bailing out the banks helped the GOP in fall of 2008. Recall what happened in that election.
If this were a one-time bailout of a plan that might marginally work...then folks might believe it’s worth the effort.
The trouble is....bailouts over the last couple of years....lead to more bailouts, and accepting someone’s version of ‘truth’ really doesn’t work well anymore.
If you had a hundred Americans and asked them if they trust their butcher or the President more....most would say their butcher. Admitting that....really says something about where we’ve been and where we are going.
The lock-step march to single-payer was already baked into this cake (to mix metaphors). As soon as Hillary is coronated, it will happen. The charade has already begun to demonize the insurance providers. They will become even more evil, then the “fix” will be to go to the single-payer plan which has been the goal all along. We were warned, and the GOP-e got wobbly knees. We are SO screwed.
Obamacare is cancer on the USA. It looks like this will be Obama’s cudgel to bring down the country. The America haters behind him must love articles like this one and can’t wait to see the burning ruins of the US.
“Taxpayers will have a choice: settle for single-payer or bail out private insurance,”
1. Our side needs a consistent story-line aka the truth but in coherent and dramatic prose why single payer is a non-starter.
I think the compelling story of the man in NC who got the documents for the man in SC is telling. If you are the NC guy: Do you want SC guy’s medical records used to dictate your health care??
No one can trust this administration to build a system in time for a single-payer answer to the mess ObamaScare created. Credibility and trust have been shredded.
2. Repeal of OScare and return to status quo ante would be the fastest and cleanest solution.
3. Bail out a non-starter. Because it would not solve anything. A band-aid on the black hole created by ACA.
I predicted a month ago that an insurance company bailout would be coming.
Insurance companies cannot ‘cancel’ as many policies as their are cancelling each day and not have their bottom line hit.
The main question will be: How much of the bailout to insurance companies will find its way back into the coffers of politicians?
This would not suprise me at all.
How about the correct answer: Let private insurance companies that made a bad bet on socialism lose a little money. The private companies that stayed out of that corrupt game won't be hurt, and we will be better off. Note: Even the losers won't lose much. If I remember correctly, insurers are covered for losses beyond 3% by the law itself. Government should never (or almost never) bail out private business.