ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

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(08-01-2017, 09:24 AM)David Horn Wrote: I heard Jeff Flake saying much the same on Morning Joe this morning.  The only problem: it's totally unworkable.  Once mandates are removed, the healthy young avoid insurance, or buy something so thin that it's of little value.  Those needing insurance then see their insurance costs go through the roof, because the heath care system, as opposed to the insurance market, still eats 18% of GDP.  The money doesn't just rain down from heaven.

FWIW, no one likes the mandates, but they are what makes the system work -- even as poorly as it currently does.  If it's OK with you that the not-quite-elderly are left to die so the young can have shit jobs, then I guess it works at that level.

Too much truth there. The way things are trending, eventually the young and the old together will outnumber those in the sweet zone in the middle. Will self interest overcome partisanship?