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Depends on execution. There should be caps and controls because without that things can get ridiculous and a handful of ridiculous cases raises costs for everyone, but those caps and controls should be high enough that a medical malpractice lawsuit could still cover a lifetime of lost earnings of someone can't work and all the money they need to cover their continuing medical care needs. Which is a balance congress has been generally unable to strike. The problem is that Democrats see their job as supporting Democrat voting/donating tort attorneys and Republicans see their job as supporting Republican voting/donating surgeons and neither wants to do the right thing for the country as a whole.
One effective deterrent in AZ is requiring preliminary expert affidavits basically saying the case is legit. Because experts, especially medical expeets, are expensive, it makes Plaintiffs and Attorney's really consider their costs.
What we had before sucked. Lifetime caps, no pre-existing conditions, children dropped off parents policies at 21 (when hopefully they are still in college), premiums were going up minimum 10% per year, etc
Yes, but that seems to be what the GOP preferred since all they did was talk about repealing the ACA with no replacement plan.
What we had before sucked. Lifetime caps, no pre-existing conditions, children dropped off parents policies at 21 (when hopefully they are still in college), premiums were going up minimum 10% per year, etc
Yet, the first year with full Obamacare life expectancy in the USA dropped for the 1st time in 28 years.
Yet, the first year with full Obamacare life expectancy in the USA dropped for the 1st time in 28 years.
Which clearly means that it is a totally irrelevant metric, because there is scarcely any conceivable way that anything that the ACA caused could possibly have any effect in such a short period of time.
Which clearly means that it is a totally irrelevant metric, because there is scarcely any conceivable way that anything that the ACA caused could possibly have any effect in such a short period of time.
Yet, liberals use life expectancy when arguing for more government involvement in healthcare.
The fact is there is no evidence that Americans are healthier due to Obamacare.
Make no mistake. Medicare recipients DID NOT PAY FOR IT. They pay for about a third of the benefits they receive. Wait until Paul Ryan voucherizes them. Those are going to be some angry seniors. I'd feel bad but most are Trump supporters so they voted for it.
- Few seniors have actually paid for their Medicare benefits. According to an Urban Institute estimate, the typical retired couple paid $122,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes but can expect to receive benefits worth $387,000.
Yet, liberals use life expectancy when arguing for more government involvement in healthcare.
The fact is there is no evidence that Americans are healthier due to Obamacare.
You would seriously use one year of it's existence to make an argument either for or against?
Given that EVERY other country with more government involvement than the U.S. over decades has higher life expectancies might have more merit as an argument.
Silver lining is if penalty isn't enforced you can just go a non-compliant policy for less than half the cost. Probably what I'll do next year. Most on ACA don't care. If premiums go up, they just get more subsidy so it doesn't hurt them any.
I thought so too. Unfortunately, under the ACA, as far as I have been able to determine, "non-compliant" plans can no longer be sold. So the old "major medical" plan that covered major issues only and prevented you from going bankrupt if hit with a major disease or injury, and that you could get for $150-200 a month, cannot be sold any more. Obamacare made that option illegal (from what I have read-if different please provide a link). So you're stuck with an Obamacare plan, for twice the money and with poorer coverage and higher deductibles.
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