[Mean Daddy]

Unbelievable.

[Mears]

A lot of folks right here on FR who had read the fine print of this disaster foresaw something like this.

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

Unexpected!

*DRINK*

[867V309]

Steve Martin, the chief executive of Blue Cross, told The World-Herald that the company has lost $140 million on the exchange policies since 2014.

Well, EXCUSEEEEE.   ME!

[MUDDOG]

Justice Roberts ruled that the penalty had to be low enough to qualify as a reasonable tax.

So Catch-22: low penalty — people only buy when they’re sick; high penalty — it no longer qualifies as a tax in Justice Roberts’ world.

Of course, that’s all over now. Obamacare’s future depends on who wins the WH.

[randita]

Martin said too often federal officials let people buy insurance just before they are due to receive an expensive health treatment and then drop their coverage immediately afterward. As a result, many of them pay no premiums when they are well, only when they are sick.

Wow. Who coulda seen this coming?

[kvanbrunt2]

this is a big deal